SHIPPING DISASTERS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1049, 11 February 1911, Page 5

SHIPPING DISASTERS.

BARQUE SPECULANT ASHORE. PROBABLY A TOTAL'WRECK. Dy Tolosraph-Prcss Assoclallon-Copyrigbt. (Rec. February 10, 8.5 p.m.) Melbourne, February 10. The barquo Speculant, a regular trader between New Zealand and Victoria, is ashore at Capo Fatten. Tho crow, consisting of eight hands, is believed to bo sr/f;. (Rcc. February 10, 11.10 p.m.) Melbourne, February 10. Tho Spcculant's crew aro safe. Tho ,barquo was thrco weeks endeavouring to get from Warrnambool to Melbourne, whero it was intended to load timber for Now Zealand. Strong gales drove her back threo times. To-day sho succeeded in rounding Capo Otway, and was subsequently driven ashore. Sho is probably a total wreck. CAPTAIN'S STATEMENT. , A TREMENDOUS BUMP. (Rec. February 11, a.m.) \ Melbourne, February 10.' •' The Speculant is a total wreck, i Tho captain states that in tho dark, with a dense mist and a,heavy sea, ho thought ho was well off tho land, when suddenly a tremendous bump was felt, and all were thrown on tho deck. Tho Vessel continued bumping till tho bottom was knocked but and sho was driven within a fbw yards of tho beach. . All managed to get ashoro-by fixing a rope to tho rock. They wandered in the bush until they struck a' sottler's residence, where they wero well cared for. • Somo .seamen climbed aboard tho vessel in tho morning and secured a fow belongings. Tho' masts are gone, and tho barque is breaking up - . The barque Speculant put into 'Wellington. Inst year with her riggrUg carried away, whilst bound froia Port Es•porance, Tasmania, to Gisborhc. Sho left Warrnambool on her present voyage on January 17 to Melbourne. She is a-steel barque of 393 tots' gross, 150 ft. long, 27.2 ft. .in beam, and 11.3 ft. in depth'. She was built in 1895 by Cuming and Ellis, at Inverkeithing, to' ■ tho order' of P. J. M'Gennan,'Warrnambool, Victoria. She is commanded by Captain Richards; . BARQUE CAPSIZES ONLY ONE MAN SAVED;.' (Rec. February 10, 8.5 p.m.) Frcmantlo, February 10. ; .News; has. been received. from Roebburno, a.town on tho West Australian coast, states ,v ; that: tho Russian barquo Glenbank capsized off Ligrando Island on Monday. Sho carried p. crow of 24;, So far as ,is known only ono man was saved, being picked up, by a pearling vessel and landed ]' at Rooboiirnc.. . , .: ' ~'.',■.','. ' .Tho,', Glenbank arrived from Bucno3 Ayres on December 9 to load ballast nt Ballaballa, ■an exposed port. Sho was compelled to put to sea on' Sunday owing to bad weather. Being in light trim, she'turned turtle. . Tho beach is strown .with .wreckage, (Reb. February 11,1' a.m.) 11',..:: -'.-Frcmantlo,'February 10. A later report' states that'besides 23 of tho crew four others working on board tho Glcnbrook wero. drowned, :! -..- Tho vessel was overturned In a sudden squall. ■ • No further. details are. at present available.. The Glenbank is a steel barque of ISII tons grosß, 240 ft. long, 37ft. beam. 21ft. deep, built 1893 by A. Rodger and Co.. Port Glasgow, to the order of J. A; Zacharisassen and Co., Nystad; Russia. • .;,,'. -THE; EASTERN. '-■: EXTENT OF'THE DAMAGE. ':.''•.'•''• ' : Brisbane, February; 10.- \ The steamer Eastern, • 'which ', wont ashore onr Salp.mandcr Bank, has been floated into dock.- An examination disclosed thofact that tho whole bottom' plating abaft the engine-room is damaged, but that tho damage is insufficient to prevent tho steamer proceeding to Sydney for repairs, 'which it 1 is'estimated will cost £10,000. | ■ THE AOTEA. .'.. '.'. ' Cape Town, February 9. Tho chanco of floating tho steamer Aotca, stranded at Mouillo Point, aro favourable. FIRE ON A STEAMER. DEATH OF THREE STOWAWAYS.' .London, February 9. Tho linor Hero, from Dunkirk, arrived at Hull with a firo in-one'of-her. holds. ■.-' ' ;..-. • When the firo had been extinguished tho bodies of threo stowaways—all foreigners—wero • found. It is supposed that tho men had been smoking, and that a carelessly-thrown match or-a spark 'from, a pipe was the cause of tho outbreak. ' ■ ■