THE MISSING WARATAH.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9569, 16 August 1909, Page 5

THE MISSING WARATAH.

FURTHER INCREASE IN REINSURANCE RATES LONDON, August 13. Owing to the news brought to c ' 'town by the Insizwa reinsurance . on the Waratah rose to 90 rates * „ cent, guineas . . v t has gone to the Bashee River to sea\ _J SUPPOSED BODIES SEEN. CAPETS VN ' AugUSt 13 * The liner Insizwa "P"* P ass [ ng * j u j- ~ off the Bashee four supposed bodies j. river. It is also reported that t being washed up near , the River, further south. Received August 15, 8.55 p.m; CAPETOWN, August 14. The reason the Insizwa did not investigate the supposed corpses was because of the roughness of the weather, and the heavy deck cargo. The captain of the Insizwa interviewed, said that he was satisfied that what he, saw were human bodiea. Two were dressed in white, and two in dark clothing. He thought it undesirable to pick up the bodies on account of the lady passengers aboard. It is officially stated that the rumour that bodies were seen off the Great Fish river is unfounded. LONDON, August 14. Reuter reports that vessels which arrived at East London saw pieces of whale yesterday off' the Bashee river followed by flocks of birds. A tug was sent from East London in search of the supposed corpses off the Bashee river, and has returned. The captain reports Mazeppa Bay he observed birds over floating objects resembling bodies. Investigation revealed that they were dead skates. Otherwise nothing was seen. Police are patrolling the coast. VIOLENT GALES. MELBOURNE, August 14. The ateamer Marere, which was in the vicinity of the Cape about the same time as the Waratah, reports that gales raged with great violence. Mountainous seas swept the Marere's deck.