THE MISSING WARATAH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 170, 11 August 1909, Page 2

THE MISSING WARATAH.

HOPE NOT LOUT. By Cubic,—Press Association.—Copyriga London, August 11. The Times states that the o\ni rs of the Waratah Ure still hopeful 01 h.r safety. 4

Tin' recognition of tii,» Waratah by the officers of the (Juelpii rests with tlie third officer reading lantern llasiies showing the terminal letters " T A 11," which are supposed to mean Waratah. The vessel also took in 200 tons of bunker coal at Durban.

The owners have no news of the Waratah.

Sydney, August 10. The agents of the Waratah state that there is 110 spaee on the bridge deck to store eoal. There was, however, a place underneath known as the bridge space, which was used as a bunker hold, The vessel carried coal in that compartment ou her departure from Sydney.

A GOOD VESSEL. A PASSKXO UK'S PRESENTIMENT. llecvivcd August 10, 10.10 p.lll. London, August 10. An engineering expert, who travelled from Australia to Durban by the Waralali, praises the steamer and her machinery. lie declares the bunker coal Assured a maximum of steadiness.

It is stated that a passenger named Sawyer broke his journey at Durban, under a presentiment of danger. The cruiser Hermes, due at Capetown to-morrow, will join in the search for the Waratah.

The owners calculate that if disabled she will have drifted towards Cape Agulhas. She would then be carried by the current to tile eastward. The Admiralty has ordered warships to search in accordance with this theory.

IS IT THE MISSING VESSEL? | Received August 11, 12.50 a.m. j Durban, Angust 10. The agents of the Blue Anchor line, Durban, have received a telegram from East London stating that a Blue Anchor vessel has been sighted a considerable distance off, slowly making for Durban, where it probably will arrive to-day, suggesting the possibility of its being the Waratah.