DISASTERS AT SEA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7866, 31 July 1911, Page 4

DISASTERS AT SEA

STEAMER STRIKES ROCK ONLY ONE MAX SAVED. By Telegraph—Frees Association —Copyright. OTTAWA, July 2S. News Las been received from Halifax, Nova ScoHa, tliat the steamer John Irwin struck a rock and sank. There is only o.no survivor out of a crew of fifteen men. The John Irwin was a steel screw steamer of 303 tens grass register, built at Paisley in 1897, owned by the Pert Hood-Richmond Railway Coa.l Co., LUU and registered at Halifax, Nova BeotiaSHIP sunk: in collision. EIGHT OF THE MEN MISSING. SINGAPORE, July 28. The ship Mersey has been sunk in a collision with tho steamer Kheugseng, in tho Straits of Malacca. Eight men are missing. The Khcng Seng was a - small woodoa steamer of 128 tons gross register, built in 1903 "at Singapore, which was her port of registry. She was owned by Tan Ke*>ng Kiam, of Malacca. The Mersey is a steel ship, of IGI4 tons cross, built at Glasgow in 1894, and owned by tho Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. STEAMER. EMPRESS OF CHINA. IN A CRITICAL POSITION. TOKIO, July 28. ■The position of tho steamer Empress of China, which went , ashore on the Japanese coast during a recent typhoon, is reported to bo critical. H.M.S. NTOBB REPORTED ASHORE (Received July 31, 0.5, a.m.) OTTAWA, July'3o. It is reported that o'steamer, ho* Jifwcd to he tho C&uradian warship Niohe, is ashore on tho Nova. Scotian coast with her . engine-room flooded. Steamers have been dispatched from TT.b'fnv and St. John to render aid.