MISHAP AT SEA
STEAMER ON EISH ROCK. THE CREW RESCUED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SAN FRANCISCO, December 12. A crew of 55 is aboard the rapidlvfilling steamer Orteric, which stranded on Fish Rock, 70 miles north of San Francisco, during a fog. Two rescue steamers are standing by. The Orteric was bound for Eureka to load lumber for the Orient. A later message states that the Orteric’s crew is being transferred to the steamer Cotton Plant. The vessel is high on the rocks, and her holds are filled. She will be abandoned. Her Oriental crew have been -transferred. The whites are standing by.—A. and N.Z. Cable. [The Orteric is a steel steamer of 6535 tons gross register. She was built by Messrs Russell and 00. at Port Glasgow in 1911, and is owned by the Bank -tune, Ltd. (Andrew Weir and Co., managers), of Glasgow.]
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19221214.2.59
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 18736, 14 December 1922, Page 7
Word Count
144MISHAP AT SEA Otago Daily Times, Issue 18736, 14 December 1922, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.