SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10912, 5 March 1907, Page 2

SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

(Press Assn. — By Telegraph. — Copyright.) LONDON, March 4. The steamer Geelong collided with and sank the Norwegian steamer Frogmer, off Beachy Head, during a fog. The Geelong brought the Frogmer's crow to London. Early to-day the Dover Harboriifiasier despatched assistance to the RedMStar liner Vaderland, which, with passengers, is ashore on the Goodwin Sands. .Two German steamers collided off the Goodwins. One began to sink. A boat brought nine of her sailors to Dover. It is reported that the captain and seven of the crew are standing by, but a tug made a fruitless search, and the search is being renewed. (Received March 5, -9.38 a.m.) The Vaderland ha s been refloated. The Red Star liner Vaderland which is a fine, vessel of 12,000 tons register, wus ?»" y J- *? w weeks "8° m collision with the Dundee steamer Naworth Castle, 1713 tons, off the Goodwin Sands, the Scottish vessel being so badly damaged that she sank. Ihe Naworth Castle was on a voyage from Newcastle to Italy with V cargo of coal, and the liner -.was bound to Antwerp with passengers from America, the force of the collision, which occurred on January 19th, was so great that the liner _ .bows were seriously stove m below the water-line and the sea flooded- the fore P"™* Tho Dundee steamer carried a crew or _!0, and, thanks to the prompt steps taken for their rescue, 17 of these were Sa A e rW? ufc unfortun ately three were drowned. These were the second engineer, James Low, th c steward, Parkinson, and a seaman named Nicholson. The Red btar lftiere are equipped Vvith a very fine system of watertight compartments, and tlie bulkhead happily withstood the pressure of water m the fore part of the ship and prevented its further encroachment After an examination, the weather bavin* cleared a good deal, it was decided tt> continue the - vciyage to Antwerp under easy steam; The Red Star boats vr c offiP e f. ea -' brEnglishmen and Americans. They call at .Dover for English passengers, except during the.winter mohtlis, when their run i s direct between Antwerp and New York. The Naworth Castle was built at bunderland m 1878. There were nearly 600 passengers aboard tlie liner. The *J , PWM«*ed'.n>en--rf the Naworth Casile stated that for several hours the ship had been enshrouded m dense fog. The cob ision camo with awful suddeness, nothing being seen of the liner until the actual impact amidships of the Naworth Castle. The Dundee steamer was throwii Cb Her beam ends and almost forced under the water. It was actually the terrific nature of the impact that resulted m the rescue of the survivors, as the bows of the. liner were embedded m the Naworth Castle, winch was being driven before the Vaderland. ihe erew --at once- realised what had happened, and, rushing to the B yfc , of ! IFe1 F e 8ui P. clambered up the bows ~ of the liner whilst "the two vessels were ■" interlocked. . ! .Tlie striking on the Goodwin Sands of the T. and O. lmor Moldavia m a fog the sanm day was . an . "unpleasant- experience for those on board, but she got off when the tide rose. ' - . Another disaster was reported on the ar- - rival off Dover m the afternoon of January 19th of the Grimsby, steamer Esccol brook, which signalled that she had on bdin-d the crew of the Dublin steamer Crty of Dresden, which silo had sunk by collision m the Olmnnol. The shipwrecked crew had lost everything, and some of the, men had escaped m only . their i shuts and trousers. The : City- of Dres:den 1107 tons, was bound from SwaMea to Hamburg. ,