MARINE DISASTERS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9527, 26 June 1909, Page 5

MARINE DISASTERS.

VESSELS WRECKED OFF TASMANIAN coast.

TWELVE DAYS IN A BOAT.

SEVEN MEN STILL MISSING

(Jnitftd Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received June 25, 9.30 a.m. HOB ART, June 25.

A boat containing Captain Lindstol and six members of the crew of the Norwegian barque Orleans, bound from Seychelles to Dunedin, with a cargo of guano, reached Macquarie Heads last night.

The captain reported that the barque foundered twelve days ago, and that another boat containing the mate and six seamen was missing. The Orleans, the captain states, when two hundred miles off the Tasmanian coast, opened out, and commenced to leak badly, and he was obliged to abandon the vessel. The crew took to the boats, which were well supplied with food and water. The wather was exceptionally rough, and they suffered great privations. Those who landed were very weak. They state that the boats kept together till Wednesday afternoon. A sharp look-out is being kept for the boat still missing, which is presumed to be off the coast. A second disaster has occurred in Adventure Bay. The barque Natal Queen'was finishing loading timber in heavy weather, when she grounded on the rocks and filled. The crew of nine men landed safely. Latest reports state that the vessel Is likely to become a total wreck. Received June 26, 1.5 a.m. HOBART June 25. The Captain of the Orleans states that the vessel sprang a leak 900 mil i from Tasmania. They sailed 700 miles with the pumps going night and day. She sunk half an hour atter the crew lefc her. The Mahinapua is keeping a lookout for the missing boat.