FOUNDERINC OF THE BEGA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13672, 10 April 1908, Page 5

FOUNDERINC OF THE BEG A.

A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. SYDNEY, April 9. Tho balance of the Bega's castaways have arrived. • . , , • Captain Bishop described the sinking of his steamer as a mystery which will remain unsolved. She was a staunch .vessel.' She could not have been dpened up at the time of the capsize and there was not time to run her ashore. McCubbin, Chief Engineer, declared there were peculiar circumstances connected with the 'foundering which he preferred not to speak of till the proper time. There was no water amid- . ships or in the engine-room just prior, to the sinking. * . ; Itr is rumoured <th«t a. stowaway aboard the Bega perished. 1 EXPERIENCE ON, THE RAFT. AND HALF SUNK. • (Received April 10, 10.20 a.m.) .* SIDNEY, April 10. Tho captain of this Bega states that the raft Was fully laden and very deep in water. Tho occijpants were wet to above £no waists all the time. So crowded were they that some had to sit or lie on the bbdy of the dead passenger.