The Orizaba Ashore.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7742, 18 February 1905, Page 2

The Orizaba Ashore.

(JOES AOJHM Nit IN SMOKY VVEATUK... I'KOHAHLY A TOTAL LOSS. EXCELLENT UEHAVIOIH OF COOLIE CIUSW. I'EKTII, Feb. 17. I llie On/aba is ashore at (Jardcn Island, nine u»i«e« fioniTlo tines t. I I'l.e accident occurred during ha/y irsnther. i lt,» vessel was sixteen miiet from le. and ten miles off her piopcr course. I A ineswage from Kockingbum reported that the Orizalm's boat had iirriveil, and asking lor auxlstmice. Tugs were immediately desjiutdicd. j 'I h -commander of the war»hip Kat'lOhilm was le.tilled to In; in rcudit. •«< to proce.d tothenpol if re!<|tiired.

The steamer 1 -u<ly Forrest lin* re> liirnt<d from the wreck of the Oriul a, and icports that she is bard aground, with twenty feet of water in the engine-room. It ii> feared that she will become a total wreck, but theie are ho(K-H that the cargo | will be saved. I VMien the l,ady Fori est left lh» Orizaba the passengers were being transferred to the tug (Jamiet, but, as the night was exti-emely dark, Ihc (iannet wae not eX|wCtod toreucb l'Vemuntle until after midnight.

Captain Arundel, of the liiderwtiuers' Association, states thai the vc»- | ei is moving a little on the rocks and snnd, alii he considers (here wilt Itu considerable difficulty ia gelling l h«r on. '

'1 he weatWer Is at present cairn, but threatening. Should it come up 'ough the vessel will go to pieced quickly. (lleceived Feb. 17, 10.8 p.m.) I'EHTH, Fel.. 17. x lhc Oiizul« atrurk on the south end live fathom bunk four and a half miles to !lie south of (iarden Island. The vessel is reported as driven half over the reef, and ns seeming as if . her back were broken. She <h hard | and last amidriilps, but afloat fore .and aft. She arrived o(I the land at jlwue yester.Ui.v morning, tiut owing to bush fires nothing could be seen of Kottnest.und the engines were going dead slow. I About eleven o'clock the haze lifted, and the captain found out hit position, and utteniptod to (standout to seaj but just before noon tfaa ( Wssel struck the reef, bumping, twice. On the second occasion herbottom was pierced, and the rode™ went through the engine-room tank lon the poit side, und the water rush•d in und flood nd the room.

J Although Ihi l doors jwere closed and the pumps star led, l tho.»e measures were u f no avail', ,»nd (l ie (li-es were oivleivd toi iio diaun. So Just did the waAcr ninh in that two engineers were compelled to swim to one of the platform#, and scramble on deck. The lent caused by the roe( piercing the fcot- ■ torn is very large. When lh;i vessel struck, Captain I Archer, who was on the bridge*, gave orders to empty the i>allant , tank and put the engines astern. Hut these ojiorations wei-e of no avails I the vessel sticking fast aiuidulii|M*> and surging fore and aft. She quickly settkil fairly on the rocks, and' gradually liquid to port, llnttlly «etItling at an angle of ten degixxw. | Thoi i! weiv 151) jniksi ngvrs abixii.l, but there was scurcely any comutojlion among them, except in the tliird class, where a few women beeamu alarmed. | The crew iKhuved well, and there was not the slightest panic ainongi . them, the eooliw going about their j work in im e«i>cvially calm and praiseworthy manner.

I'ASSKXUKHS AT PliltTH. (Heccived Feb. 17, 10.34 p.m.) PKimi, l'eli. 17. I'he Orizaba's passengers reached I'remantlc at three this morning, ller mails and luggage were trw> ' shipped to tugs. Slu' lies in an exposijd po.iU.on (10.-e to Coventry on which the Carlisle Castle was wivckid, and all hands lost, somo years ago. She is bumping hea\ i.y on the bank, and her position is extremely .serious. it is feared that theic is h.ut tiiucn hope of Her being re-float-|ed. Should a strong westerly wind ariyj she is liMy to '.ecouic a total wreck. I Kver.v elfort is being made to wlvo her cargo, which is valued ut £IOO,L 1 lu " following are I K -r passengers ImL i> : - M " 1 Itenjamin, tor"' ~