SEA TRAGEDIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1640, 6 January 1913, Page 5

SEA TRAGEDIES.

STEAMERS COLLIDE. DISASTER IN CHESAPEAKE BAT, By Telegraph—Prees Association— Conyright (Hoo. January 6, 0.25 &.m.) New York, January 5. Tho British, steamer Inclrakualo. collided with and sank the steamer Julia Luchebach id Chesapeake Bay. Tho oaptain and his wifo and 20 Bailors of tho Julia were drowned. Six clung to the rigging for hours, benumbed with cold, and were finally rescued. A terrifio storm paralysed the resetters' efforts. • LEAKY STEAMER SINKS. PASSENGERS AND CREW PICKED UP. By Tol«graph—Prees Association—Copyright (Rec. January 5, 5.5 p.m.) i London, January 4. Tho Cunard liner Syria has picked up sovon boats, containing 98 persons, comprising tho passengers and crew of the French steamer Saint Augustin. When near Bona, the Saint' Augustin sprang a leak, and sank.' SHIP IN DISTRESS. • WHAT THE THORA SAW.' By T«laeraDli—Preso Aieooltutlon—OoDirieht (Reo. January 6, 0.25 a.m.) . . Sydney* January 6. , The captain of the Danish barque Thorn (from 'New Zealand) reports pighting a dismasted vessel 300 miles from Capo Farewell, apparently from Newcastle. The vessel was coal-laden, and hed evidently met trouble off the New Zealand coast. The Thora signalled, but got no reply. . HOPELESSLY OVERDUE. . ' WHITTINGHAM AND SNOWDON .RANGE. .. By Tolcer*Dli—Press Association—OoDTrinht ' London, January 3. The underwriters consider the g!earners Whittiagham and Snowdon Range hopelessly overdue from the Atlantic. The Snowdon Range is a steel screw steamer of 3870 tons, built bv Irvine, of West Hartlepool, and owned by the Nep-. tune Steam Navigation Company, Ltd.