WRECK OF ORIZABA.
Tlbld CAPTAIN’S EXPLANATION^ By Electric Telegraph—Per Pros Association—Copyright. i t PERTH, February 15. The captain of the steamer prizaba attributes the disaster to a haze, and to a dangerously strong current. ■ ' < . ~ ■
The vessel pveo-ran her course by fifteen miles.
There is twenty feet of water ini the engine-room, and sixteen feet ini the main hold, while the after holds! are full of water. \
' A HOPELESS WRECK. j By Electric .Telegraph—Per Press i Association—Copyright. .
Received 4.51 p.m., Feb 19. Perth, Feb Ig. ‘ The captain states that the Orizaba is a: hopeless wreck. The vessel is straining and bumping heavily, with , the seas: breaking over her. ..w
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1384, 20 February 1905, Page 2
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