SEA FIRE MYSTERY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 5

SEA FIRE MYSTERY.

. "■"■; » ,;'■;■■:■ ■ ' •v';j-'; IT; THE -WARATAB7;.',' STORYOF THE HARLOW'S CAPTAIN. ; : ;;.-position.given; ;;, ; ;;. . IBj Tolcff'rapli.-I'rMi. ABaocliUton.-CttpyrlcM.l .■■'" (Rec. September 24,11.55 p.ni.).-. '"'■;.' .V "■.'.'.'.•'■'■' London, 24. , : With; regard to tho report made. by ,tho captain 6f : tho steamer Harlow on; arrival at .MAuil'a~thdt,',on July 27, about; 180; miles fromiDtirban; ho saw,a steamer otifiro, which <iftorw'aruV .exploded—a'. special. inquiry -was made.of LioydVagcnt at Manila. Tho agent now tolegraph3.'confirming 'tho report.;' y ;'■■. -■':' Ho/adds' that tho Harlow 'sighted a smoking vessel at. 7.30. in. tlio evening, .njld an explosion 'ocourred at B.' o'clock: '. < : Tho. distanco was- too" groat to, ; ascertain tho' ship's identity. -. Tho.'position of, the ■wreck was latitude 31; degree's; 38 Iminutei. south,'and; longitude 29;degree9 : ,45 -minutes cast. -■>■ ; ; ; ?j;- " ; v.Lunds, bwaors of ,th 6' Waratah, the ",Clan,;Maolntyre;reported 'Sighting > tlio; Waratahat 9.3o;ori.the morning of. July-.27, in tho; approximate position of ■.latitude -32 degrees 17; minutes south and longitude 29 dogroes it .minutes east/ a distanco of ;about. ahead' of'tho wreck; reposed by) the ;,HarW; ".)■ '.;;;■;■"■'.'% ■ '■:„?. '.;. I '-'i'.'.': ■■'■ '■'. ; Tho;captain. ;of 'the Harlow;suggests .that tho bottom,of : tho sea;bo; swept. : , ~,' ■.'

. -pt Jwas';cabled from London;,on.September 22:—'Tteuter's. Durban correspondent states that tho Harlow arrived at Durban on July 28, 'andstayed till July.3lk.and the_ burning stealer, incident was not then' mentioned by: anyone on board.. Jlorcoyer, the steamer Guelph. sighted tho Wnratah after, the time mentioned ■by: the" captain of : ; the -Harlow.. ..... The Lund Line,.owners of the Waratah,.state thtit Hiero was Nothing' particularly, inflammable .in tho cargo, of the,Waratah, whioh was.chiefly frozen;'cafeasscs; and'flour.''] .. ~: : ■; ",- "