SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 198, 23 June 1903, Page 2

SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

PER PBE3B ASSOCIATION. Rtoei.ved 22, 9.37 p ai. Norfolk Island, June 22. The Titus arrived last night, brirging Captain Oveitel and sev.-n of the craw of the Edith, recently wrecked at Noumea. Twelve days af er leaving the wreck they landed at Montgomery Island. Among the passengers by the Titus are nix if the crew t f th > Wanboe, whieh had been condtmiv.d. Tue captain r*mt>ined behind, and the mite is in hospital at Vila. Recsived 23, 0 12 a.m. Sydney; June 22. The (Uschargir g of the Essex is pro ceediog preparatory to docking. Probably all her fft zan meat will require to be landed. A quantity tf cargo, principally grain in No, 5 hatch, is reported damaged by wator. It hue been ascertained thai the loikage Wat, caused by bet rivets at the b'nd of tht bilgo having started, but the full extent of the damage will not be known till the voss'sl is dooked. The agent* claim the leak is no more than what is cm mon in new steel vessels, and thtt sho could have raids the voyage to Sou :.h Africi with perfect safety. The leak was first notiend while the Ess :s was voyaging from Wellington. Received 2i, 1.3 a.m. Sydney, June 22. Private mes«g s received at Sydnry confirm the arrival of the E lieh's missing bolt's crew at Norfolk Island, and add details to the <ff.ct that they suffer; d groat p ivit 038 before being landed on th* ibUnd from which the Ti U3 rescued. They are coming to I Sydney by the Titus. Auckland, June 22.

The bit qua Mary L. Gushing put in leiky. She lef-. Newcastle for Honolulu on June 9.h and encountered a heavy gale on tho 19th. The vesasl was strained and leaking at the rate of twelv-i iuches an h \jr. Th' steam pimps hid bjen working f.x th past eigiit d >ys.