MARINE MISHAPS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 71, 17 December 1920, Page 7

MARINE MISHAPS

SCHOONER INCA DISABLED ALL HANDS RESCUED IB/ Telesrmh-Prejß Aiioolatlon-OoDrrlirht .;Sydney, December.'l 6/ The 6uhooner liicn, 'in distress, is being towed to Sydney by the Cosmos. The captain and crow took to a lifeboat on Monday, and have not 6inco been heard of.-rl'ress Assn. (Reo. December 16, 9.55 p.m.) Sydney, December 16. The naval authorities advise that they have received a wireless message ■ from the steamer West 'Holbrook, stating thai she had rescued the mate, nine members of tho crew, the captain's wifo and baby, from the Inca's lifeboat, and as they are all' Americans ehe was. taking thorn to San Francisco. It appears that the captain remained on board the laea. —Press Assn, :>■ SUBMERGED WRECKAGE REPORTED A DANGER TO NAVIGATION. The Marine Department yesterday received the following wireless message from Melbourne, dispatched by the Union Company's steamer Cosmos, which is be lieved to be bound from Sydney to Tirharu:— '■■':' '. , ' "The master reports passing submerged wreokage, mast above water, apnardntlj a fore-and-aft schooner. Very dangerous to navigation. Submerged vessel m latitude 34 degrees, 57 minutes south, longitude 154,30 east. ■ ; Also picked up dismantled echoonoi Inca. Returning with her in tow. Only two hands on--board. Remainder ol crew and captain's wife left in lifeboat on Monday. .. , . ■ , . : [The Inca is. a wooden, live-masted schooner of 1014 tons gross, and was built in 1896 by Hall' Brothers, of Port Blakeley, Washington, for G. B. Billings, of San Francisco.. She loft Eureka on October 10 for Sydney.]