SHIPPING DISASTERS.
Lisbon., Oct. 31. The steamer Roumania lost her course in a fog and struck the rocks broadside on about a thousand yards from the shore. Almost instantly a fearful sea swept the whole of the officers off the bridge and carried away the boats. The scene that followed is beyond description, and the Lascars, becoming panic-stricken, were of no use in the attempts to save life. As the passengers gained the deck, seeking to reach the bridge, they were swept overboard, while others were drowned in their cabins. Most heroic attempts were made by husbands to save their wives, but without avail. The shore is strewn with the bodies of 'voinen and children. The Portuguese rendered every assistance to the survivors, who were conveyed to Peniche in ox-waggons.
The survivors from the wreck of the steamer Roumania attribute the great loss of life to the absence of lifesaviug apparatus. Portuguese fishermen robbed the bodies washed ashore and denuded them of clothing. They also hid away any cargo that came ashore. London, Oct. 30. The Roumania was driven ashore in a heavy storm. There were only eight suxvivors, one of whom was a white man and the rest Lascars.
Two British subjects have been saved from the wreck of the steamer Roumania after being in the water for eight hours. They were quite naked when rescued, and thoroughly exhausted. All the women and children on board were drowned. Sydney, Oct. 31. The barque Bell Isle, bound from Newcastle to Auckland, which put in here with her rudder gone, had a very trying time. Her sternpost had started and the vessel narrowly escaped foundering. The boats were kept in readiness, but eventually the bad weather abated, and after much exertion she reached Port Jackson. The crew were so exhausted that immediately on the vessel's arrival in port men from shore had to be placed on board to keep her afloat. The vessel was considerably knocked about by a whirlwind prior to losing her rudder. Extensive repairs nre necessary.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2420, 3 November 1892, Page 1
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338SHIPPING DISASTERS. Temuka Leader, Issue 2420, 3 November 1892, Page 1
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