SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143766, 15 April 1912, Page 3

SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

TWO BARQUES IN TROUBLE

By Electric Telegraph —Copyright. (Received April 15, 9.5 a.m.) ADELAIDE, April 15. The Norwegian ship Songvaar, -which completed loading' 40,709 bags of wheat at Port Victoria, sank at her anchorage. It is supposed that she struck an unknown obstacle, which pierced the bottom. The water is level with the deck. The crew escaped. The Norwegian barque Cuba, which left Port Victoria, wheat laden, on March 27, has returned to Adelaide. The vessel encountered a fierce, hurricane, and tho cargo shifted, causing a dangerous list. The pert rail was under water, and it was exported the barque would founder. The crew, however, at the height of the hurricane, by almost superhuman efforts, partially righted the cargo, which relieved the danger. It is not believed that the cargo is seriously damaged. STEAMER’S LUCKY ESCAPE. (Received April 15, 9.5 a.m.) BRISBANE, April 15. The steamer Durham lias arrived, her cargo including a large quantity of explosives. A gale during tho voyage, shifted some iron girders, and tho friction which threatened to fire the magazines gave those aboard an anxious time, until the officers and some of the crew, working under perilous conditions, removed tho danger.