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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7711, 13 January 1905, Page 2

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LOST H THE IRISH American Liner Sul (liecd'ved Jan. 12,, 10.OS p.m.) LONDON, Ju. 13.' The steamer Cara ]'an (tram bound from Liverpool to Par*, foundorad in the IHwh Hi-ft. Twelve peraona were drowned. A BAY OF BISCAY VICTIM. Foiinderln* of 1/JNDON. Jon. 12. j 'J he tlirdgt'r Texan, bouoi (iota Duntzig to Galveston, on the UuU of Mexico, foundered during a storm in tbo Day o? Wscay. Twentyone of the crew were drowned. A boatful ol twelve survivors, attar being for six days without food or wator, was rescued. The men were then delirious. ITiey wars subsequently loaded ai Watetford. The Texas waa insured for £9o>« 660» A COLLIER MISSIK. Beand For Ylidiwtit LONDON, Jan. 12< guineas has bant paid 4 at Lloyd* on the London steamer ClaverdaJe, now on bar maiden voyage. She left Hongkong on November 23rd, with coat for Vladivostok, and ba« not born reported since, ————-- i AH OIL SHIP 0! FERE. Then In Dugar Froo Bags. « WELLINGTON, Jan. IS. ( The crew of the French barque Sou- f gainville, 2350 tons, which arrived • to-day from New York, had an exciting voyage. On November 27th, when about twenty-flve mile* from the lonely island of Tristan . d'Acunha, a fire was discovered in too hold below the cabin, where J throe thousand casea of IccnMkm and " all the ship's stores were. The cabin was battened down and wet sails placed over the ventilators.' The smoke, however, continued to Increase In volume, and by afternoon was issuing from the adjoining bold, in which thousands of casea of napbUna were stored. Fearful of an explosion the captain bad tfce aaltt clewed up, and the crew, lowering tho boats, rowed away lor a distance of a quarter o* a roll* TTjey spent a ooupie of hours in the and then they returned to the ve*Bel, on which Ukv spent an aaxioua night, 'i ' ' < ■■ • ■ Next morning smoke was still cutting up in thick clouds, but no attempts could be made to locate the Are, a » to open the hatches would 1 have meafi.t destructlDß'tliWMgfc th* ' admission of air to the mat of the outbreak. Tho captain then bore up lor TVI#. tan, and' after some trouble found an anchorage. The Are continued to bum day after day, and some trouble was experienced with ' the crew, who viewed the situation with warm, the ship being fully loaded with kerosene and boniine. <k, m occasion a heavy gale spnaog up, and the vowel dragged tor anchors untii closo ashore. Uetag *.rncd by the islaadors. the crow landed through the surf. The gale abated next day ~ and a return wag made to the ve»sp). At last tho donkey engine waa got Into working order, and hole* being bored in the deck volumes of Water were pumped below. Thi» had the desired effect, and after dftim days' stay at the isi and ths mm,. weighed anchor and put to sea. Again, at a subsequent stage of >« the voyage, the vessel paaaed by a ' number of huge icebergs, a collision being narrowly averted on oneoocaAn AncUud Yicbt lissfg. AUCKLAND, Jan. It Die yacht Shamrock, with four of «vM ( rOW - M< ?f rs Bj*«n (tiuw.) am | Wlliains-which Wtl«cW«M on IM. called at Kawau on (he 27th*. and !f„ £ . on the 2»th for the Barrier J*. w?; hour# a,ter Jewing * huri icane aquafl from the nortfe. eoat came on suddenly, shifting t<x. J®*- As the yacht hat not wiii J °* 't is surmised' that ssfkS,.""" 1 " 3, ££ ££a,h a Bev «* time in tbo REGATTA at lytteltoi. (Per Press Aisodation.) ™ T .. , JTKLTON, Jan. 12. Thi. Lyttelton regatta was huM BbouY 8000 SPtell ? tl woother i with ftoout 8000 people present. Akaroa Club wins the bimvHhl n-i-* mo,t Vnlrn (Chrifttchureh) won the Senior Pair* Akaroa tho Senior Ppublo Sculls! Samuels (Avon) "t#» flhnfrtf* fim T* Sculls, a „ db viT&oSX Vouths Single-Qcalls Hutfe vtm cw r„, HalllnK race ' ,or **** class yachts, w»rt«h-was won bv B Kennott s Wutrrn itch (scr.) with W 4 Holmes Al (l.>iimn) second- Tho "i cetfut CX,>loSion UaS Ve,y