MARINE CASUALTIES.
WRECtv OF a CHINA TRADER. (Received January 23, 5‘ p.m.) BRISBANE, January 23. The China Company’s steamer Airlie is ashore on Chatham Reef, about two hundred miles north of Cooktown. The passengers and mails have been brought to Cooktown by an American cruiser. 11 (Received January 23, 10 p.m.) BRISBANE, January 23. The Airlie was on a voyage from China to Australian ports. She struck at two. o’clock on Sunday morning, at high water, and is now hard and fast high up on the reef. '
The fore part of the vessel is badly damaged, there being eight feet of water in the fore hold. The captain and crew remained on board. In response to a request for immediate assistance, salvage steamers are to be sent to the scene of the mishap. The -weather was thick and, foggy when the steamer struck, and though the passengers were asleep at the . time, ;no commotion ensued. Everybody waited quietly till morning, when the 'rescuing steamer was signalled.
The stern of the Airlie was at latest advices swinging on the reef, and it was feared the vessel’s back would break.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 3957, 24 January 1900, Page 5
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