SHIPPING CASUALTIES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 36, 6 November 1919, Page 7

SHIPPING CASUALTIES

WRECKS ON THE GOODWINS THE WEEK-END GALE IN ENGLAND (By Telegraph-Press Association-CopjriEht London, November tour small vessels were wrecked on tho Goodwin Sands during a violent gale ■on Saturday night. The Deal lifeboatmen said thev saw a wave wash awav six people who were clinging to the rigging of one vessel, and all of them perished. Two sailors wore picked up clinging to an upturned boat. The lifeboat rescued two men clinging to n wreck, and the crew saw another wreck, of which all the crew perished. A steamer picked up a boatload of other survivors oft' Deal.-Aus.-N.Z.' Cable Assn. FIRE ONTCRUISER A PLUCKY PETTY OFFICER. London, November 1. The cruiser Calliope was severely damaged by fire off the Lizard. She was proceeding to the Azores when an oil feed-pipe burst, and the oil fuel caught fire. The flames spread to several decks. A_ petty officor prevented the explosion of a boiler by entering the raging flro in the engineroom and, turning on tho steampipes. The flames were mastered after four hours' work—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRITISH STEAMER SUNK BY A MINK Copenhagen, November 2. The British steamer Volturnus, carrying food to the British fleet in the Baltic was sunk by a mine. The crew were rescued—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.