AFRICAN SEA PERILS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 615, 18 September 1909, Page 5

AFRICAN SEA PERILS.

- ■ __—_^_ —_ .. . ANOTHER WRECK. ~ ;'.', NEAR WHERE THE MAORI WAB LOST. ONE DROWNED. IBjr AMoctadnn.-OoDjrlctit.l i ■■■'• (Rec. September 17, 10.50 p.m.) 1 . ■ . London, September 17. i > Messrs. Bulkrd, King and Co.'s steel • screw steamer-Umhlaii, 3388 tons, bound , from London for Port Natal, is ashore on ■ the South African coast at Capo Point (about forty miles'from Duiker Point, where ; the Shaw-Savill Company's Maori was rei cently lost). '■■'•..'■'■ A-Union-Castle liner rescued some of the i passengers, but one was drowned owing • to tho overturning of a boat. The.Umhlali . is a total wreck. ' Point is close to the Cape of Good •■ Hoot. About 40 miles .northward is Duiker' Point, where the Shaw-Savill Company's Maori was wrecked with a loss of 83 lives- and' just north of Duiker Point is Capo Town. The ■ Urnhlaliis a steel screw steamer of -3388 tons, - SS ,I^111 ., 1^ 4 ? y Slr I- Uin & at Sunderland. . She is.34Bft. long, 43ft. 3in. broad, and 17ft. i 2m. deep.] -■■-.■. cape colony coast dancers. 'commission's report. - ■ '•:-'.'the.lipe : bo.aT'And the maori :vV .-'■:■ ;■.•.■' .WRECK. -■-'. '-. : . ■ ,'■■; (Rec. September 17, 9.35 p.m.) ' ' i ; '•":' -..'".,.. Capo Town, September 17. ' b /■ A report has boon, made by, the Commission of-Inquiry (including Commander Wills of the .warship Heiimea), that was appointed by' the Government ofv Capo Colony to inquire into the lighting of the coast, the protection of shipping,, and tho measurea that wore takeh in connection with the loss ■of tho ' Maori.'- '* ..'■'■'■ ' '...'■ The Commission considers that theilife- ■ eaving appliances at Cape Town—namely, • two rocket signalling 'equipments and a,lifa- • ■ efficidnt and sufficient, but that no similar appliances exist elsewhere. on ' the peninsula. ' The life-boat'was.unable to assist in 'the caso of the wreck of the Maori, owing to'the wreck being on a,rocky lee shore. The Commission 'recommends the transfer to Simonstown of ono pf the rocket-signalling equipments at Cape Town; the erection of a light-house at Diaz Point, instead of that at Cape Point; \and finally the erection of a light, with a^siren",and fog signals, at Slangkop Point. '. • . •.' '. ■ \ SEARCH FOR THE WARATAH. ' MAY HAVE DRIFTED TO AN ISLAND ' .. ..../- GROUP. ".- ..' London, September 16. • Dr. William Newton, Crown licensee at : tho Marion and Prince Edward Islands (a small group in'the- Southern Indian Ocean), states-that it is common knowledgo among Capo that -whalors and other shijis often drift to thpso. islands. Vessels search- ;■ ing for; the; missing ''-steamer .Waratahj'Dr;' ■ Newtoii says,'ought, to.visit them.' , ,;'.'.'■■" .-' '(Rec.' Septcmbor 17, 9.3S'p.mi) : .''.' ",'•'■• •■•• London) September 17. . Marion and' Prince Edward. Islands, in the Indian Ocean, are at.present inhabited by sealers. V. ." ■}.'■'..■".'::"'■■''.'■■..', >'■ ■ : .Captains, of trawlers that .wore sent to ' Maridn- Islai/d '■%jth ( f .stores in August wore ' instrflc)^d;-',tg /^'earci)'ll fqrI.)the1 .)the. l WnratiSh. ' : .: . ... -.- Sydney, September 17. ,'■' Several steamers arrived here- recently' fromi-'South'Africa.-.: All report that they kopt a ;sharp look-out, but saw no sign', oi the; Waratah..'-'..; .- : ..■■;■"■, ..''A; ; '-STR.4N.DINC OF THE WAIPARA. ;\ "•' .;'■:•■'• '' - .' ' • • ;•': .'■ ;_' . PILOT BLAMED-EXONERATION OF ■• : . /■:'• ■■'■." CAPTAIN. . ■.':„■■ ':'=;■■ Brisbane, September 17. , The Marino Board found that the stranding of the steamer Waipara—which struck off Mo'reton Mand-just after, tho pilot's de- ! parture—jwa's ,due to,tho;setvof wind and , tide , while she was awaiting tho .'discharge of the . pilot, who left her in an unsafe position. . ; Tho pilot's cortuicato was suspended for three'months; ■ The master was exonerated from all'blame. ' : . .'■ •■''' . .