SHHIPPING AFFAIRS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3509, 14 June 1921, Page 18

SHHIPPING AFFAIRS.

DANGER, FROM ICEBERGS. i NEW YORK, June 8. The naval radio station has received a “distress wireless” stating that a British steamer struck an iceberg in mid-Atlantic. It is believed that it is the Seapool. Later information states that the Seapool is damaged, but is resuming her course. [The Seapool is a steel screw steamer of 4502 tons, built by Ropner and Sons, Stockton, and owned bv the Pool Shipping Company.] June 9. The steamer Chariot has sent a wireless message stating that she had crushed her bow against an iceberg off Newfoundland. The damage is unknown. The Seapool is returning to St. John’s. Various vessels report exceptionally heavy icepacks. There has been considerable anxiety concerning several big liners in the vicinity of the Grand Banks, but, this has been dispelled by the companies’ statements that all is well, though the vessels sighted big icebergs. ST. JOHNS, June 10. The steamers Seapool and Chariot have arrived. The Chariot’s decks were awash. ]The Seapool and Chariot struck drift ing icebergs in the Atlantic in the vicinity of the Grand Banks and turned back to port.] GREEK STEAMER MINED. ATHENS, June 10. The Greek steamer Bouboulina, with 240 passengers and 25 of a crew, struck a floating mine in the Eastern Mediterranean and foundered. The bulk of the passengers are believed to have perished [The Bouboulina was a steamer of 1312 tons.] BEACHING OF THE ATUA. SUVA, June 10. The Court of Inquiry found that the steamer Atua struck an uncharted coral head. There was no default or wilful neglect by the master, whose prompt action in beaching the vessel was commended. A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. AIELBOURNE, June S. In connection with the disappearance of tlie schooner Amelia J. off the Tasmanian coast, some months ago, a bottle was found on the Victorian coast containing a message signed by one of the crew stating that the Amelia was afire, and bidding good-bye. June 9. All hone for the schooner Omega, which sailed from Hobart for Port Lyttelton on March. 3, has been abandoned. It is thought that the vessel foundered in a heavy sea after leaving the Tasmanian coast. HOBART, June 8, The message picked up, supposedly from the Amelia J.. is regarded as a hoax, as where it uw discovered, if thrown from the missing schooner, it would have been drifting against tlie current. SYDNEY, June 12. The steamer Makambo has wirelessed that she sighted wreckage 28 miles from the Sydney Heads, consisting of a mast with a crosspiece. It is believed to belong to the missing Omega. The authorities are considering the despatch of a vessel to investigate. A KETCH WRECKED. ADELAIDE, June 8. A ketch supposed to be the Lily May was wrecked at Port Elizabeth, in Spencer Gulf, near Port Moonta. The vessel carried Captain Anderson, his wife, and child, and two of a crew. There is no trace of survivors.