MARINE CASUALTIES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8404, 19 April 1907, Page 5

MARINE CASUALTIES.

.SHIP DAMAGED IN A GALE. .Received April 18, 9.44 a.m. SYDNEY, April 18. The ship Prince George, which left Port Pirie, South Australia, on April Ist, bound to England, wheat laden, has been towed into port in distress. She experienced a [series of gales • off the coast. The boats and bridge were carried away, the decks started, . and the vessel was strained. On April 10th there was a specially severe storm, and the second •Officer, Mr Carlsen, was washed overthrbbard and drowned. Two seamen were injured. SCHOONER WRECKED. NO NEWS OF THE CREW, v* Received April 18, 9.51 a.m. PERTH, April 18. The schooner Edith has been "Wrecked at Condon Creek. There is -Ho news of the crew. THE WILLY AM A. Received April 18, 9.51 a.m. ADELAIDE, April 18. A rock has penetrated the forepeak *of the Adelaide Steamship Company 's isteamer Willyama, which is ashore at Marion Bay. Hopes of towing . her off are doubtful. COLLISION AT SEA. Received April 18, 9.48 p.m. ,< < SYDNEY, April 18. The schooner Whangaroa, from ' Whangape, was towed in, to-day. in crippled condition, having been in <-collision during the night with an uii- ,! known vessel. The . captain states ithat the mishap occurred twenty 1 miles-6ff the heads. A barque had bden reported some time before. f "'While they we~e looking-for the lights Jt .'she suddenly came the Whangaroa. Those on board shouted and blew the schooner's whistle warning "the barque to keep off, but flo notice 'was taken. The barque struck the jischooner a sliding blow' carryiug ■away the foretopmast. She then .--swung clear and her voyage, without, even asking if the "Whangaroa wanted assistance. The "Whangaroa lay by till the morning. The colliding vessel is supposed to be '"the barque St. Joseph bound from Rio de Janeiro to Newcastle.