SHIPPING DISASTERS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 27 February 1907, Page 3

SHIPPING DISASTERS

THE BKRLIN CATASTROPHE. A DUTCH HERO. . 11 , , London, February 25. u"ia .j | captain named Sperling J as the hwo of the lierlin catastrophe? f6et in surf from a B,Ui,| l to the p.er, thence through the wu\ ei to the wreck, carrying a lifeline. With the help of tluec other* L'T'lV!' 1 -' ' ,l ~ fc thrco WOUIC » l>t-' loic the life-boat returned. l'lince Henry (Consort of the Omvn of the -Netherlands) received a irru-it oration ytscerday at the liable fir helping and encouraging the rescuerHe Oiice or twice risked his own life. ; THE UIPKUATRIX WBBCK. HJlU'i' OF Tin-; CHEW UIiUW'.VIJD. t , , Athens, Febniarv 2.3 I'orty ot the crew of the linperatrix were drowned. 1 All the passengers were saved v f li 'f f° n ' HU of limlw ' »»«1 sugai valued at, £SU,UOO.

IHE CAIiI'AKYON CASTLI:

Sl"fiVf\ OitS' DREADFUL TIME

A SPLIiNDID. SKIPPEi;

, . Perth, February 2(i. Upturn .Jones, of the Carnarvon Castle, is very weak.

The survivors in his boat had a ic-r----nble time alter parting with the mate's boat, weak boys raving and strongmen praying and crying alternately. The captain put the crew on quarter rations.

The biscuits became saturated with salt water, and the eating of them set up a painful craving for salt water On February 13th the ship's carpenter ate ravenously, despite orders to the contarv, and soon after laid down quietly and seemed to go to sleep. He had died. 1

A week later a boy named Bri™ developed the same fatal habifc died.

On February l!)th, the water gave out, and the provisions were finished the following day. The same naght a steamer passed', tiiem without observing their slow Urea. On the 22nd, they saw tl»e Cape Naturalise light, and there was great rejoicing. The crew state that but for the captain's discipline most of the men would have gone mad. UNSUCCESSFUL -SEARCH FOll SUKVIVOKS. Per Press Association. Auckland, February 2G. Advices state that the Government steamer has returned to Suva after an unsuccessful search for the >urvivor& of the wreck of the schooner Cygnet.