SHIPPING MISHAP

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2159, 15 August 1907, Page 2

SHIPPING MISHAP

SIX PERSONS DROWNED.

Received August 14, 5.10 p.m. HOBART, August 14. Tins Ivuu'Uitiri struck the breakwa/tr or at midnight while attempting to muter the Hoads at Macquarie Marker. Tlie night was dark and verj utoriny, with a h.ivh sea. Tlie latest report states that' five passengeis, namely, Mrs. Hooper and two children and two other children, also a stewardess (Mrs. Hoddiinott), were drowned. The rest of the passengeis •and the crew arrived safely at fe(trathan. , , , ~ The steamer was wrecked at the same spot where the Grafton was lost.

PERILOUS TIME IN OPEN BOAT.

GREAT SUFFERINGS FROM EXPOSURE.

Received August 14, 0.65 a.m. HOBART, August 14. Following is the corrected list of tlie drowned : „ , •, Mrs. Hooper and her two children. The Stewardess (Miss Hogett). Two children in arms belonging to Mesdames Grundy and Tennant. Owing to the heavy weather most of the lines of communication between here and Strathan are down and only disjointed particulars have been received. The steamers Kathleen, Nellie and Mahinapua went to the sconePrevious to their arrival a boat with 22 aboard put off. Great waves washed some away, including the stewardess. A succeeding wave smashed the boat to pieces. The majority of aboard succeeded, m reacnii g ‘’S-U, seventeen w.’o -g ..1.0.ir.1 A life-boat m»n>»a to men, after being many times dm on back, succeeded m bringing them offj They were lightly clad and suffered severely from exposure before they were rescued.

CAUSE- OF THE MISHAP

VESSEL NEARLY SUBMERGED

Received August 15, o.*» a.m. .HOBART, August 14. The Ka-wo/biri was en route from Hobart. . . Entering Macoua.ne Heads a mendous tide was running, and tr, combined with a heavy westerly gale carried the steamer--on the breakwater wall, the impact shaking her from stem to stern. . . The bow- was stove m, and m a short time tlie fore part filled with "After striking she appears to have heeled over. She now- lies at the northern end of the spit, embedded. . Seas are breaking over her. Only portion of the bridge and the masts are above water. - OveT 40 passengers were aboard.