SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9118, 10 April 1908, Page 5

SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

the loss of the bega. Press Association —Copyright. ' Sydney, April 9. The balance of the Bega’s castaways have arrived. Captain Bishop described the sinking of his steamer as a mystery, tfhioh will remain unsolved. She • aS staunch and could not have opened up. There was not time to r nn her ashore. jlr the chief engineer, declared that there were peculiar circumstances which he was not prepared to speak about till the proper Jime. There was no water amidships or in the engine room just prior to sinknig. It is rumoured that a stowaway aboard the Bega perished. Received April 10, J. 0.20 a.m. Sydney, April 10. The captain states that the raft *as fully laden and very deep in the water. The occupants were wet above their waists all the time. So crowded were they that some had to sit or lie on the body of the passenger who died. A TYSBR LINER STRANDED. London, April 9. The Tyser Company’s steamer Star of Japan, en route to Australia and New Zealand ports, is reported to he badly stranded on a reef in St. Cyprian’s Bay. The crew are safe.

Eighty guineas premium Las been paid to re-insure the vessel. It is estimated that a quarter of a million sterling is at stake. Sydney,"April 9.

The Star of Japan was bringing a heavy cargo to Australia and New Zealand ports. Advices received by the Underwriters’ state that the scene of the disaster was Dakar, Cape de Verde, considerably further south than St. Cyprian’s Bay.