DISASTERS AT SEA.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1743, 7 May 1913, Page 7

DISASTERS AT SEA.

BROUGHT SAFELY IN. NORWEGIAN SHIP IN DISTRESS. By TelceraDh—Press Association— OouyriEht Fremantle, May G. Tho Norwegian barque Victor (an iron vessel of 14-12 tons gross), which was practically abandoned by the members of her crew when she was forty miles off the West Australian coast, has, through the assistance sent, been brought safely -to port. Tho deaths of tho captain and first mate left tho barque, which had been damaged in a storm, in (he charge of tho second mate, who was ignorant of navigation. Tho vessel was then beating about in a vague hope of finding land.When the relief party found the vessel she wa9 in a dangerous position between two Teefs. Had the weather not been calm sho must have been wrecked. Four men in a lifeboat left the vessel at 9 o'clock in tho morning, and reached tho fiihing boat Fleetwing at 4 in tho afternoon.' They requested help to nayigato the vessel safely, and Johanseu, skipper of the Fleetwing, boarded tho Victor and brought her safely in. Four of tho crew arc suffering from African fever, brought aboard by mosquitoes at Delagon Bay. The crew had plenty of provisions throughout. A MODIFIED ACCOUNT. (Eec. May G, 11.50 p.m.) Fremantle, May G. It now appears that Ihe first reports regarding tho plight of tho crew of tho Victor Were somewhat exaggerated. Instead of (lis numerous deaths from disease, as at first reported, it now transpires that only the captain, • tho first officer, and one seaman died from fever. WRECK NEAR THE LIZARD. CREW SAVED. London, May 5. Tho barque Queen Margaret (a fourmasted steel vessel of 21-i-t tons gross, built in 1883) with it,385 bags of wheat, bound from Sydney for Queenstown for orders, went ashore on the Stag Hocks, Lizard Point, and became a total wreck. The crew landed safely.