THE LINER MAORI.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13974, 7 August 1909, Page 5

THE LINER MAORI.

AN KECKED NEAR CAPETOWN

MOST OF "TltE CREW DEOWNED

Press Association-Bv Telegraph-Copyright CAPETOWN, August 5:

,-s: The "Shaw. Savill liner Maori, for Lytte-lton, -has been. wrecked, at Dwyka Point,--near Capetown. The' Maori, Which coaTed at Capetown on AVednesclay>' had nti passengers on board. ; ■ Lloyd's , report states that the -vesr sel lias broken uj> , and the cargo is afloat. , i -.liCu^ter.-' reports that as :far as is at ;preseut kno\vn- t\vo. .of, the crew .on •board' Sverc 'drowned and nine landed,. ■ •

IN FOUR MINUTES

BOATS CAPSIZED

FORTY-SEAISN MEN DROAYNHD

Received 11.15 p.m., August Gth LONDON, August G

The " Daily Mail's '' ■■ .-Capetown, correspondente reports . that . the "Maori struck a rock at Dwyka Point forty minutes .alter leaving Capetown, and sank in lour minutes.

TJie diseiphno of the crew, AViis i liifacent-- - The captain ordered; t ?e, mc\ii; to man three bouts. These oM -.sight' of each ■ other . 111 the dark vss. That of the chief; officer (Heed) .•■'.Mi. 15 meii. rowed in the open sea unti' davbrei|k ; .struck a rock and -caps wlieji attampting ty> land,, and . t\xa 'men-- struggled through;.the jmiil, rest were drowned.- The shatteied remains of another boat:wcic picket, up. All hope for,v the -otliei .47- -officci.fa and meu-Lis now abandoned, tugs l.cpoitmg that it was impossible foi theu to survive in the ipouiitainoui), titas. ,

r The saved include Reed, engineer. Keciian; boatswain.; Stewart; ilelsnian,- Stallwell, and. a In email. .-: •• I Stew art d ispl ayed niagni hcO u t g.i 1lantiy. ' v He ,m\ am foi 80 .vaids i thti boiling surl though already ex haaisted :to "save Stillwcll,... -then returned and rescued the lneman. Fin ally be sought/ to:.bring ill the rein gcrating-. v 'engineer . (Mr v-Hufchison). hut the latter sank; ■ Stewart tcachcf. the. sliore with difficulty. The Maori was at £-10,000, anil the -cargo -(.largely ol steel. lailoi \wis valued at £120,000. • Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, August 0 Captain "Jvcnipson,. oi lliu au-iuiiic, in spfuiking to- a- reporter -with icieicnce' to t-lie wreck or the Maori, .vud that Point is. a bacl place .at this tune ol: the year, owing lo togi: 'which'are,' very -prevalent. When tiK suirget.s up the logs are very heavy all round . .the coast, and a .strong current runs 'to the Hortlnyird. Tins would lie "on the starboard side ol the Maori. 'I he 'cuiTents: »s»:eep right -up 'into the .South Atlantic. Dwyka Point- itself is a - continuation ol: the Table Mountain range ami. v.ery, ,rockv. The, coas thereaboutsvi-s noticcvible lor its -wrecks 'live Maori had hardlv -any cargo for Wellington; but was bringing £4so(' worth oi. iron ' pipes for the Dniiedt)Drainage Board. through John. Duthie nnd: C".. of Wellington. She is tiilJ 7 insured. , "

. _ ■"' < ' DUXRDTN, July G. The .Maori- has a large .quantity <<f Dunedin carao, iiichidin'i a cnujjlct" stock for Mr A.rthur Harnett's new drapery establishment, .which hi bought-in London- two months nttq, and injured in the New Zealand office", a,ho plates for the ferry steamer AV;.h ■kana: : . .. . • •