TRAGEDIES OF THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 14 February 1907, Page 4

TRAGEDIES OF THE SEA.

I STEAMER SINKS WITH ALL HAXDS. A series of disasters oil' the English and {Scottish coasts are reported, involving tlie wreck of three the capjjijjiug of lisluug and rowing boats, and Berioua loss ot life. A tragic story of tlic foundering oi the Newcastle steamer Hcauipooi and tile iooij of twenty--four live© comes from the Dows ng Lightship, oil' the liumber. The lieathpool, is a new vessel, which left iJmi on December Uth on her second voyage, bound for i.iivnos Avres. A terniic gaie was, blowing in Am .North jSoAj md tile Keathpuol jsc-mi-; to have got «it her t-jurse 9-,vm ul't .r leaving the liumber, fur Witliiii twelve hours of leading IJali she had htni'.» the outer Dowsing Hank. waves broke over her, aud ner conuit ion soou became helpless. J? laves were burned during the niglii, and at daybreak the crew were seen to be clinging to the rigging, w-tn mountainous seas still ruumng. it mus li'jposs i)ie for the to render any assistance. Eiglit men were seen on the bridge waving red llagg frantically, but tiie gale tlireatened every moment to llmg them into the seiiv Though exhausted wi'h their night's teir ble experience liiev still waved their signals of dibtie&s. and t.ic men on the ligUtsiup looke' 1 on pjweiletSr EIGHT MJSX ENGULFED. A heavy wave broko over the Heath poo), and carried away the bridge, Uil: tunnel, and the shrieking men into the sea. For some time they could be iecu tloating about, but one by one tiicy wpfit under. The iight'ahipmen were unable to render any assistance, but they had hopes of rescuing one mail, ww> was floating in a lifelmoy. 'When he cauie close to the l.ghtship, however, it was seen that he had dieu Whiie battling with the waves. Fifteen of the missing men belonged to Hull. It has been ascertained that the Belgian Steamer Cap Juby, which foundered in the Channel below Dan geness, with 12 men, alter eo.lisio" with the Hull steamer Arlington, went lown in thirty seconds. The captain and foui of Uie crew saved themselves by jumping into U.e sea, being afterwards picked up by the Arlington, which was inspected ai Dover yesterday, and found io have her lore compartment full of water. Three men lost their lives on Monday night in crossing Loch I'Ync from Achnaba to Otter Ferry. They were: Alexander Munvo, aeati game keeper; Grego, Crawford, undertaker} and Arthur Cornell, a buuer, all n the employ of Major ,\UlUie Cilstiap, of Badiiuore. Search parties failed to find any trace of .ie beat or the met) The Lutler was unmarried, and was a native of Suffolk. The German barque Nordurnd, with a cargo of cement and dressed wool, from Gothenburg for Melbourne, wrecked neatf Wuilsay ykeirfries;, felietland Islands, on Sunday. Throe men were drowned and seventeen saved.