VESSEL IN DANGEROUS POSTTION.

Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10399, 24 April 1908, Page 2

VESSEL IN DANGEROUS POSTTION.

LMnPEMPTS 1 TO TOW OFFPAIiL

iGREIVtf -AINID' PAISSENG-BRS SAiFB.

. SOME NAKHIOW ESCIAtP'ES.

VES6OEL TOLL OJF'mVT&Rt ' WEisrnpoißfr,,Apr;i 2*.

-. Tlhe T&niumi' took 'ground forward hard and fast. The ,aJ&ciior dropped, bunt (the vessel -went furtfier in, shore. Seas -were continually breaking over the vessel, She is cleaved vastly to, port. " Holes were immediately 'smiaislhed in tlhe vessel and part of the buiLwairiks carried awayThe cabins and saloon were flooded. The steamer lis'ted-to seaward, making it vary difficult to get about the decks. ..

fPhe crew »nd 4 ipa^engers had a very fbadl tinne. Aa^a'titempt <wa« made to toiuinch! tiwo basis. ißotli were *maAflnhiff Mlaniia' itfaidinig by, tried witli five lines aiboejrd, but. failed. - *; . Tlie Eomlata and Mapoufiki could doi nothing. .. , Shitp'si iboaitß were sent downi to the Keen© by nail.

Afc-C a-W. tihe ipaaaengems and »om© of thaeraw wei'e.lainded'oa*''tJQe" r\»eaicih. Tlie sea -wee then. «moot!hL lAftLfow the 'TaTiniiL m -praotioally hi|<*!hl and dry. The -rudderjs gone, aM-the'pmpellei*''buried Jin" the samd. The vesisel" is ~halif full of water. fNothinjn can-1)© done till the arritvtal of 'the .tug Teawihiti from Wellfinfjtloa Tlie vessel KaW 15 Otohs of caifgo" for Westport, and 400 for GreymoutJi Csaptialin Bmphy was kn-ocked down on, fbe bridge by the seat- , - 3Vo» lady passengerigi, MiKsea, Suist«d and Mlaß'on, displayed great couirage.