SHIPPING IN DISTRESS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 3, 28 December 1912, Page 5

SHIPPING IN DISTRESS.

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright (United Press 'Association.) London, December 27. Heavy gales are raging in the Channel. The Naming, twenty miles north of Ushant, sent a wireless message asking for immediate assistance, as there was much water in the hold. The Negada has gone to assist her. HEAVY WEATHER. REMARKABLE EFFORTS AT RESCUE. London, December 26. The gale increased yesterday, and much low country in Leicestershire is submerged. One and a half inches of rain fell in 48 hours. In many parts there are abnormal tides, and the Solent, Portsmoutn and Southampton are flooded. Boats are being used as a means of transport in the streets. The White Star steamer Arabic reports terrible weather in the Atlantic.

The wind at Plymouth blew at 80 miles an hour. Three vessels are ashore in the harbour. In the midst of the storm three boatmen swam to a rock laden with lifelines and rescued the crew of the schooner Ottawa after a lifeboat had failed. Other remarkable lifeboat rescues are reported at Tenby and The Mumbles. The battleship New Zealand lost her topmast and wireless gear, and the Ruahine was unable to land her mails or passengers at Plymouth and continued her voyage to London.

There has been a violent storm on the French coast. The Naming has wirelessed: “Very important damage, want assistance.” The latest message stated that she had put hack, her fore deck being swept, (steamers are racing to her help. The admiral has sent the cruiser Conder to her assistance. The Narrung and several other vessels are in distress off Ushant. THE NARRUNG RETURNS. (Received 9.20 a.m.) London, December 27. The Naming had 248 passengers for Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, and also some for the Cape. She wirelessed, that she did not require assistance, and is steaming back at the rate of ten knots. She has passed the Isle of Wight and is coming via the Thames. (Received 10.40 a.m.) London. December 27. The Commonwealth’s representative meets the Narrung, and will assist immigrants if necessary. The gale registered 97 miles at Paisley. At Penzance (Land’s End) the lifeboat rescued the crew of the. Italian steamer Tripolitana, which was wrecked.