AFTER THE STORM.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1635, 31 December 1912, Page 5

AFTER THE STORM.

e THE NARRUNG'S ORDEAL. FURTHER ACCOUNTS. PLMHT OP THE WOMEN. PERILOUS EXPERIENCES, 6 1 Br Telecrapli-Press Assoclati on—Oopyr] ji t London, December 29. Further accounts of the steamer Nar-. rung's perilous plight off Cape Ushant > state that two monster waves rose up suddenly. Tho Narrung rode over, the first, > and then plunged through, instead of ris- - ing over, the second. The vessel went down i and the wave swept clean over her. All the damage was done at one Wow. . The saloon and deck cabin doors were ; torn off, the foremast broken in three places, the winches torn adrift, and tossed j about like corks.* There, was 4ft. of water in the-starboard . bilge of the engine-room, causing a list of lOdeg. i Wireless touch waa maintained with s ; several steamers until 'the Narrung was . righted, and able to dispense with their assistance. Eight lifeboats were got ready, although . they oould not have lived in the sea that [ was Tiffining. j I Trying Time for the Women. I A woman was caught by asea and wash- ' ed to and fro on the declc, 'despite frantic, struggles, till nearly drowned. Almost all • her clothing was torn off. , Others were washed about like corks, i Mr. P. Marion, who was proceeding to i Adelaide, says the women were imprisoned in the flooded cabins, and could sot be ! released. When the ship turned her rail i down many times to the water's edge > the waters poured down tho ventilators. [-• Ifesdames Sullivan and Harks, who were , travelling to Adelaide, were injured, but not seriously. They were badly bruised, i The partitions between the cabins were ■ smashed, and some of tho occupants were; up to their waists in water. I Mr. Phillips, of Glastonbury, who was assisting a Miss Fierth, was dashed j against the bulwarks and badly bruised. .: .Many' cabin trunks were smashed, and everything washed out. Some of the . women were in their nightdresses for two-, days. (Bee. December SOi 11.15 p.m.). i London, December 30. Tho Narrung's repairs will occupy five weeks. DANISH STEAMED FOUNDERS. . THIRTEEN DROWNED; HARROWING ORDEAL. ) London, December 29. , L ' The Danish steamer Volmer, 1318 tons, , foundored on Christmas Day. Her hatches : . were stove in. ' The captain and a sailor were picked up . off the Lizard after two days' suffering in an open boat. i Thirteen of the crew were drowned. A . sailor went mad and jumped into the sea. ; The first boat was smashed . alongside > the steamer, and all its _ occupants were drowned. The.second capsized, but the , survivors righted her. The engineer died,' and tho 'chief officer : went mad and attempted to throttle the captain. He then died. .. v " Ftfteen of the crew perished. A trawler - bravely rescued the captain i and the sailor from the swamped boat. . (Rec. December SO, 11.ia p.m.) ' London, December SO. ■ When the Volmer was twenty-five miles . to the southward of the Sodllies, one tre--1 mendous ssa swept the vessel, ripped off; the bulwarks,' poured torrents of water: into the holds and the engine-room, and; t quenched the fires. The vessel turned up-channel, and drift- : ed for fire hours before' She sank. . i The survivors experienced terrible privations. A thunderstorm raged. all night. Two steamers passed without seeing the boat, which oarless and waterless. [ The men died one by one. CRIPPLED SHIPS RETURNING. ; BEACON GRANGE IN THE STORM. ■ London, December 29. Many vessels are returning to port crippled, with sailors injured. The Beacon Grange had reached the i Solent when a sea swept over her near the Caskets. | All the starboard lifeboats were smashed, and the davits snapped like carrots. The cabins were wrecked. (Rec. December 30, 11.15 p.m.) - '• , \ London, December 30. A wave «dghty feet high damaged the whole upper structure of tho vessel, and the engineers and. fifamen worked waist- ! deep in the water.