MISHAPS AT SEA

Otago Witness, Issue 3611, 29 May 1923, Page 22

MISHAPS AT SEA

SURVIVORS’ HARDSHIPS. SYDNEY, May 22. The survivors of the Amy Turner have arrived. Elaborating the details previously cabled, an extract from the log says: “The last seen of the wreck was several forms clinging to the wreckage and crying piteously. We endeavoured to hold the boat so that they could swim to it, but we were blown away, and all we can hope is that their end came quickly.” The survivors state that they suffered very severely from want of food and water during their 23 days’ drift in an open boat They were ill and weak when they landed on M a wish Island, and they slept all day on the beach. The natives treated them kindly and provided them with plenty of food, including a sucking pig. ECHO ONER ELINOR If. SAN FRANCISCO, May 21. The gravest fears are entertained regarding the schooner Elinor H. She has not been sighted during the 90 days she is out from Newcastle, Australia, bound for Honolulu. BRITISH-INDIA STEAMER. CALCUTTA, May 9. Captains of vessels now arriving in port state that they encountered a severe cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. All hope has now been given up for the safety of the British-India vessel Okara, which is presumed to have foundered with all hands. The Okara, which was a vessel of 5291 tons, was last heard of on Sunday, when she sent out wireless calls for help. The crew included 11 Europeans and 72 Indians. WRECKAGE OF A STEAMER. BRISBANE, May 21. The harbourmaster at Thursday Island reports that wreckage has been discovered near Turtle Island, near Prince of Wales Island, consisting of deck planking, a bo’sun’s chair, a hatch, and woodwork. The wreckage has been despatched to Brisbane with a view to ascertaining whether or not it belongs to the Douglas Maw son. The Douglas Mawson was a wooden steamer of 333 tons, arm was built at Bawley Point, New South ’Wales, in 1914. She was owned by the Queensland Government- The vessel left Burketown ior Thursday Island on March 26, and has not been heard of since. It is thought In Australian shipping circles that the Douglas Mawson foundered in a cyclone that was experienced in the vicinity of the Queensland coast about the time the vessel disappeared. Steamers searched for her without avail. ACCIDENT ON THE CLYDE. LONDON, May 26. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company's 12,000-ton liner Metagama, carrying 1000 emigrants, who an hour previously had waved good-bye to friends on the Glasgow wharf, collided in the River Clyde with the steamer Baron Vernon, whose port bow was stove in. The emigrants, who were mostly below' unpacking, were thrown across their cabins. (Men, women, and children rushed to the upper decks, where they were reassured. The Metagama, whose bows were damaged, was swung round and returned to Glasgow, where some of the emigrants will transfer to the Montrose. It is expected that repairs to the Metagama will be completed to enable her to sail on Tuesday. The Baron Vernon was beached.