MARINE CASUALTIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 794, 18 April 1910, Page 7

MARINE CASUALTIES.

■ ; ; : 4— :•' WAKATIPU AGROUND. Bj Telegraph — Press Aasociatioo—CooyriehL(Rec. April 18, 0.50 a.m.) taunceston, April 17. The Union Company's steamer Wakatipu (1945 tons gross),', en route: fp Melbourne witli a- full cargo, grounded opposite -the Kelso jetty, near the entrance of the River Tamer, througu failure to answer her helm.. There is no danger to the steamer, but tile cargo will have to be lightered before she cia.come off, and that work is proceeding. • i Tho passengers were safely transferred to a river steamer.

i THE PERICLES. UNCHARTED, ROCK DANGERS. By Tuleeraph—Pre«s Association—Cosy rich - London, April 15. Commenting on the finding of the Nautical Court with respect to the loss of'the steamer Pericles of£ Cape Leeuwin, tho'"Standard" says:\. "The verdict in the Pericles caso is unsatisfactory, because it confirms repeated allegations that : tho Australian waters are not properly chartod. "It is possible that somo vessels which have figured as on Australian voyages liavo been similarly lost." Sydney, April 16. ; The Shipwreck Relief Society has donated £100 to assist the Pericles's castaways. THE TELAMON'S CARGO. London, April 15. The insulation of tho steamer Telamon, which, bound from Sydney to, England, reached Perim with a firo in her lower hold, has been partly destroyed. , Tho captain reports that half the apple cargo is in fair condition. Four thousand cases discharged wore all pulp. '