SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 41, 16 February 1903, Page 3

SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

J COLLISION 1H SYO NEY HARBOUR. 1 1 WAKATipa cur down. i PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. i Received 1">, 4.36 p.m. : Stone?, February 15. A collision occurul i-liortly aftar midnight hetwe.-n the Wakatigu, inward bom.d fro.ii Tasmania, and tho Eurimbla, outwtid bound for Melbourne. Thi vessels met nar Bradley's head down 'he harbour/he Eurimblacut'i g into the Wt.ka'ipu aft, on :!s« port s-ile, with mch effect tint the Union boat ran into Neutr ii B<ry and beach* d so s to p-event sitking. The passengers were quite nnd hndtd shortly af'er a 1; Neutral Biy,' but many returned aboard the Wuka-1 dpu again. j Precipe information a? to the cause, : or damage, is not at preun'. obtainable. Received 16, 0.25 i.m. i Sydney, February 15. i The water pol'C" launch's were soon on the sc-ne. The night, was clear; moonlight. Afar th<> colsion the • Wakatipu began to se tie down at tho; stern. The passengers were all on deck, and th 9 wtsr w,;a pouring in the great gap in the pirt side. It was a question whether she w. uld n ach shal-! low water in time. The boats had been I *wung out, arid the etc ■•«• standing: by for any emergency, but a ! l dinger was soon by the v.ssel taking the mud. It was only the l»st, kick of the engines, one of the officer:! txthat saved her a-< she jus' hid way enough lo g.t in o sh.i L>-v .eater when the fires out. The en- j gineers and fir ;rncn sunk to their posts to the List snd the t hurriedly made their escape 'othadebk a=i theetgino: room becime fl ,oded. T.io pisstugers were jmmediat ly trarsf-rr. d to the bo its and anded, but when, !at..r on, it was seen that the v.ssol remained hard and fa-vt, they returned to the ship, and aft«r davligUt landed a f . the wharf. Received 16, 0.25 am. j Sydney, Febiu ry 15. j The captains of both vessel* :;re re- '. ticent as to the cause of the collision. ' A paea.'ngsr states he taw the Eurimbla bearing on the WakatijU at 'ight angles abou 1 ; 50 yards i ff, and a few seconds later he heud the captain 9ay"Wce:eare you g"i"g to?' Immediately tha telegraph ssuuded and the cnginfs stopp-d, The Eurimbla, slewed round a little to starboard, but I too late to avert the collision. j The impact was tenifi', the steward-1 ess having a narrow e-capa in her, cabin, fiom which s'ne»g3t out jus', in tima or she would have btou smashed ;. like m«t>hwood. ! The Eurimbla'a damage is prinr.ipal'y above her waiter line, there bßmg i rent in her bow, but those forward wero wnnid in time ltd got out of darger. A pass mger on the E irimHH wa? thrown out of a d ck chair by the , impac'. i Wonderful coolness wis displayed by ' ths passengers on both Captain , Livingsto:u>, of the Wakatipu, ex- J hibittd sple-did in ye-ting hi = ! J vessel te a pkc.) of s ifety. The ve; el ' lies with water floidiug tha engiuo- f , room, holds, a f jd main sil ion. j