How H.M.S. Ringarooma Was Saved.

Manawatu Herald, 2 October 1894, Page 2

How H.M.S. Ringarooma Was Saved.

Farticulars of the accident : $o H.M.S. Ringarooma are how to hamh<The men appeared to havp'b^htOJed^ splendidly, the watertight ddor&bfciag all closed, and the collision jnat fixed in an incredibly short space" b£ time and in perfect silence. During the first three or four days, while the spring tides were flowing, the ship humped heavily, and.- hadrfflber not been atrongly -built she Iniusli bave become something very near a complete wreck. . Oonßipnt -attention to the cables, hawsers, and anchors laid out, day and night, • greatly .relieved^, the strain on the ship, ana ; with iron shoes; which "the orqw jb^f q under the forefoot, not only jgrejfejfiftd^ the vessel m.qvjng;, further > j^g Q^fi^j reef, but helped her off at higitwafler. This was undoubtedly th£ reason sE^ was saved. ; 4.t every iti^e^e^W^i., sers and cables were hove taut? Afl>ej: ; l several unsuccessful attempts to 'tow ' the : ship off, it was found, (hat, owi.n^^ to the strain on the cables, Bher^was gradually wriggling off the reef. At noon on 12th September, ■ she. j^d slipped aft 18ft, and. the same afternoon .by continual; :h©a.y^ngj,pn..' the cables she got free, .and wasabYeto steam ,tti>porf • : £aKdwjßb.v!^<a^ is no doubt the 1 safety- of ;fcbef < fe3Ber was entirely due to the unwearied exer-

tions of all hands night and day for thirteen days without relaxation, and to the fact that by continual rolling the ship had worn for herself a bed . in the coral reef. The Ringarooma, under the esddrfc of H.M.S. Orlando, has reached Sydney Harbour.— Press Association.