THE WARATAH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 654, 3 November 1909, Page 7

THE WARATAH.

SOME EXPLANATIONS AND THEORIES. (By Telegraph —PrcEß Association.—Copyright.) London, November 1. "Ths Times" states that tho committee of Lloyd's at firet determined not to publish fuller reports of the Harrison liner Harlow in regard to sighting steamer off the African coast, owing to lack of substantiation Private penpals, however, arouseJ conjectures, justifying the publication.

~ k, critical cxaminatipn' sbeyrs. that -if' all. was well, , the Lund. Unci 1 'Warataluwas ',190 'tnties from Cape JJcrmes when-the Hariqw's captain Saw the . explosions. But jf: an outbreak. of fire had bcourited.. during the .day, tho'Waratah ; woul4 undoubtedly have retraced' her', coiirsb; hugging,; the ..coast,., in.' ( 'orderj to. beach this-.-steamer !■; and , land: the passerigere. This ','• would.-.- explain- .the. /Clan J : ..MacIntyre and thp ; Harlow. sighting the:■ ves'sbl, though '.nqt. the Guelph.;", 7.-.',';';■'.'.■ \ '- ■'-"■'•''' .•.-Those dlshciieyiiig ;tho: Harlow's. , . narratiyc argue.if thet.Waratah. was-: on ■ flre, ; and. she retraced'her .course, she should,! have been sighted-, by, the' Clan .Maclntyre, , whjch had ! bebn passed; bound .frojn.Purban,' earlier, '"The' Tiiqes" adds ..that' if the 'reported- .eSpiosipns '.otourred- only ' three ,'miles off .Cftpe-jJleriaes, it' was strange that nothing; was.-heard 'at:the and that nq -iSTeofcage .was found. l '' : -The' ;paper repeats the: stiteinent . that, pwiilK '■ijo ] difference .of' dpiiuon .between -the captain and officers ak -to.'.v/hether what. the': Harlow sajv was bush flrcs. and. inquiries at I)urbari failing to show-that any.ship:was overdue,' the Harlow'e captain did not report, the occurrence 'till he heard that tho.iWaratah was' overdue^;.. ;i.',iThe','Uiuon-CBstl6:iiner'Gueip ; h.repotted .that She'sighted 'the- Waratah- ■ Oil- the- evening of' ion jwhich- thb Harjow,; .sirtthat tha ot that'time' ps not flying signals; of.itHst'fesa, .fli sis = not. quite clear,. t-bat ..tliq : . yessol seen by thpjOuolph.was the as the 'recognitionf.depoiided.'.on the third:■ • reading of kntern flashes showing the terminal letters.;"tUi'.'']' '■ : ■■'•■■■ .1 .'/■ ,n,v:\'-'. s«,-:.t>s ;-'n