MARINE DISASTERS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 134, 29 July 1911, Page 5

MARINE DISASTERS.

SCHOONER CUT IN TWO. .. THE CREW DROWNED. London, July 27. . The Midland Railway Company’s Uassebger steamer Antrim, during a fog at Belfast, collided with a schooler aUd cut her in two. She sank Ifa. teU seconds. The Antrim made ft ibng search without result. It is bfeheved the crew of seven were drowned; (Per Press Association A i'i ‘4 * Auckland, July 29. • The barque Puritan sprang a leak bh itune 20th, while on the voyage ffdifi Newcastle to San Francisco, during a hteavy gale, about 800 miles flrbtn Tahiti. The water gained rapidly on the pumps till on June 27th. when a furious gale was raging and thh vessel was sinking fast, and it decided to abandon her. All bauds were provided with water and jttovisions, and they left the barque ih ttro boats. M) The boats kept together for three but on the third night they beSeparated. The boat containing the fitSt mate (Hatfield) and nine UiiMl disappeared, and has not since h heard Of, and it is believed she adeted with all hands. Thd seebnd boat, containing the capW second mate, and ten men, arrived at Tahiti on July 14th. Unfbrilihately their water ran short, and dUntlg the voyage the boat’s crew tilbtilsted for eleven days on a pint bF'■fvktet and two biscuits. They iiitt'cled at Annor Island and reproImbhed the boat with water and cobbttUUtß, and prepared to resume the ytXage to Tahiti. Several seamen fpilßte’d to proceed further, preferring kftiety. to the risk of a long pull in a, rowing boat. The captain, second jhfttfe, one seaman and the cook procilied alotie. On leaving Anner the bbkt strUck a coral reef plant and tflih Jtove in, but the castaways pushed .bU,’ rowing and bailing. Three da£ii but frbm Anner they sighted Tahiti'. and on the fourteenth day out lahdbd at Papeete. ■ iFhe second mate (Collins), one of tbe seamen, and the cook of the ye&fcbl arrived at Auckland by the TaiUhe. Captain Chapman proceeds direct to Sah Francisco.