WRECK OF THE PERICLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 353, 2 April 1910, Page 5

WRECK OF THE PERICLES

SiN&CS OFF CAPE LEEUWIN. THE AND CREW SAFE. CARGO LOST.

By Uaule.—Press Association.—Copyright

Sydney, April 1

News was' received irom Perth at an early hour this morning that the Aberdeen liner Pericles nad sunk olf Flinders Bay, Cape Leeuwin. The passengers and crew are reported safe, having landed in the vicinity of Cape Leeuwin lighthouse.

The Pericles' was homeward bound with a full complement of passenger* and a valuable cargo from Brisbane, Sydney, Hobart and Melbourne. TENSE MOMENTS, COURAGEOUS WOMEN. SAVING THE PASSENGERS. GREAT LOSSES.

Perth, April 1,

The Pericles was noticed yesterday afternoon six miles south of Leeuwin lighthouse, flying signals of distress, and with her bow well under and her stern high out of the water. The iboats were leaving loaded with women and children. The steamer gradually drifted closer in and struck a rock, and sank three miles off the Leeuwin. Ui the meantime all were put safely aboard the boats. ;

Received April 1, 8.50 p.m.

A later report from Karridale states that about SO women and children passengers had arrived there from Flinders Bay, and were receiving every attention. " !|*j Every house in Karridale was full of castaways'. '' '■ffJU! The women behaved splendidly, and there was no panic or impediment to the work of rescue.

NEW ZEALAND PASSENGERS.

By Telegraph.—Press' Association.

The passengers and crew have lost everything hut what they stood in. All are in good health.

One boat set out from the week with three oars' and no plug or rudder, but it reached land steered with an oar. 1 j There are no details yet as to til* cause of the disaster.

A steamer left Bunbury last night for Flinders Bay to take the castaways to Fremantle. ' <

THE VESSEL'S CARGO. A EEMARJiABbE COINCIDENCE. Sydney, April 1. The Brisbane earpn carried by the Pericles included ov< r 13,000 carcases' mutton and lamb, 1000 quarters beef, 16,000 boxes butter.

The Sydney cargo included 5000 bales •wool, 10,800 carcases mutton and lamb, 15,000 boxes butter. 1250 crates rabbits, 250 tons' wheat.

The scene of the -wreck is a remote, unsettled part of the coast The Hobart cargo included over 35,000 castes of apples, 1119 cases being preserved.

In the Melbourne cargo there was over 10,000 carcases mutton, 300 bales

wool, 424 tons wheat, and 1050 boxes butter.

Captain Simpson, commodore of the Aberdeen fleet, was in command. It is a remarkable coincidence that only yesterday the agents of the line were advised that an order had been placed for the construction of a sister ship to the Pericles, to be named Nemistocies. Perth, April 1. The Pericles struck a rock near Flinders Bay and sank after floating for two and a half hours. £750,000 GONE UNDER, THE MAILS. THE INSUEANCES. THE PASSENGERS MAY ARRIVE TO-DAY.

Sydney, April 1. The Pericles is valued at a quarter of a million, and her cargo at half a million. The insurance is divided between English and Colonial offices.

The mails' are lost, including fifty thousand pounds weight of letters and five and a half hundredweight of other matter.

The steamer containing the rescued passengers of the Pericles is expected to arrive to-morrow.

Auckland, Last Night. The Auckland passengers hooked Messrs Thomas Cook and Son by the Pericles:—Mr and Mrs Redshaw, Mr A. V. Bunseith, Mrs' C. Hicks (of Mercer), and Mr and Mrs Withy (Parnell).

Wellington, Last Night. ■ The Pericles carried several passengers from New Zealand. These included the following from Wellington :~Mr J. A. Hunter, Mr A. E. Harris, Mf and Mrs Warham, Mr P. Fernandos, Mr and Mrs' Starmore, and two children. *

The Pericles is' a twin-screw steamer of 11.000 tons; and was in command of Captain A. Simpson. She left Sydney on the afternoon of Friday, March 18. for Hohart and Melbourne, en rout? to London. From Brisbane she had something over 13.000 careases of mutton and lamb, nearly n thousand quarters' of beef, 16,100 boxes butter, besides other goods. At Svdney she shipped 5000 bales wool 10.800 carcases mutton and lamb, 15.000 boxes butter. 250 tons wneat, 1250 crates rabbits, and a good deal of tallow, meats, leather, and other goods. The Hohart part of her cargo aconsisted of apples', and when she left Melbourne her holds were full to the hatches.

, The Pericles had also a full list of passengers bound for South African j ports and London.