ISLAND STEAMER STRIKES

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 645, 23 October 1909, Page 5

ISLAND STEAMER STRIKES

.■■■■. f-'y-, r-i v.;; -,■:'" 0 ,;■■" "■ ■•'•■ ■, / ,' //;.■'•CONHDEM;D»'ONnEI>AIEABI,E. /. ; Mr Ttfdecaoli.- !'««■ 45«ficlall(ini-Crip7ricliU //'•'' ■; ;U'r' { '* -^—"'v.-' "•'.'". Suva, potober' 22.'.' -A boat which ;hds/Mrived;at : Levuka reports ;th'at.the iron.screw:stoanier South Australian, '. 710■ tons,' Which left'■ Sydney for the- Islands on; September. -U,X was',.. wrecked' „at '• Wallis , Islands. (Uea),'in'the. north; of the Tonga Group, arid, north-bast-of/Fiji.'-./.•■...■■ ■/"■-..' ..■•'. The steainerV.agent has/negotiated ifor the Union: Stbim/Ship Company's''.steamer Atiia to of .action Which the underwriters deem to be ■ unnecessary. : / • :.■!.'■'•' .'/'- :'-'■'';'.■;■:'■'■'!':'■'■''; /:' v ./ : /.Suva, later! ■■ C. The South' Australian-struck tho .'reef at ■3 a'.m..on .October';)*/ She was'refloated twentyfour, hours later, and steamed to an anchorage. \; The thir'd' engineer states'.' that the 'steamer was leaking, 'and "the"' Stcrii-pbst • and the : rudder •were.broken. : The"cargb ; 'was landed, and tho. ,vessel was benched,'being considered unrepair-' 'oblo.'■::'■'■'.■'''■■:■''.•./••■.;'.■•'''■' ; ' : ';/' ■ : -. '/;/■'■/ '■'.'.. .-V ; v..-;" .': ; [The dimensions of. the.South Australian are; Length, '226.1 ft;';' beam,' 26'.4ft.; depth,' 13.511.' ; gross tonnage, iTlO.i She was. built' at Glasgow ; ini.lßß6. ■ The South Australian,'. Captain Perry, .arrived at Suva,'on/September 2i.j-.i /.■ v ■■:,. :;//;yy-v//'^ /' ■■'"'•:' / -/■;(Ecc.;ictc^23, ; lis'a.m;y' ; :, :/',-•'// ''/■A *- ; :///'H /' -W/ J-; 1 ; Sydney,: :Octpi>er/ 22. : ;: ■, ; ;.• The South /Australian;; is ' insured"' in .'the United liisu'rance Company .■• The cargo' is' also 'covered.jin/Sydnej"offices. *'■'.'■ ■•;. ,'",.;" ■/".,