SHIPPING DISASTERS

Waikato Argus, Volume X, Issue 888, 25 February 1901, Page 3

SHIPPING DISASTERS

TW 0 STEAMERS WRECKED. 150 LIVES LOST. [CTNirEO PRESS ASSOCIATION]. (BIT ELECTRIC TKLKGRAPII.—OOPYRNJUT). (Received February 23, 7.24 p.in ) San Francisco, February 23. The steamer City of Rio do Janeiro from Hoiigkong and Yokohama struck on fi ledge at the entrance to the Golden Gate, San Francisco, dining a fog. The crew numbered 140, and she carried 20 cabin and Go steerage passengers, the latter including seven whites. The sea was smooth. She foundered in fifteen minutes, and lot) were drowned. (Received February 24, 406 p.m.) San Francisco, February 123. Details of the wreck show that Pilot Jordon on entering the Golden Gate warned Captain Ward that it was unsafe to proceed in the fog, but his advice was disregarded. When Ihe pilot shouted for nil to take to the boats the Chinese aboard howled frantically, and the women screamed piteously. Everybody scrambled for the boats, and some jumped overboard. Captain Ward placed the women in the boats manned partly by the male passengers and partly by the crew. One boat load was swamped, and another was impaled on a spur while trying to escape the suction from the sinking steamer. The captain locked himself in his state room and sank with the ship. Captain Hocht of the German Navy saved himself with a lifebelt. The missing include R. Wild man, American Consul-General at Hongkong, with his wife and two children. (Received February '25, !) 15 a.m.). London, February 124. The drowned by the wreck included Mr Wildman, American ConsulGeneral at Hongkong, and his family, C. Dowdall, well-known barrister; H. C. Matueson, engineer employed by the Chinese government ; Alfred Hart, diamond expert from Manila, and his wife. William Brander, a member of the London Stock Exchange, was sifted by a life preserver. The latest accounts state that Captain Ward remained on the bridge until the ship foundered. WRECK AT THE CAROLINES. NO LIVES LOST. (Received February 25. 12.14 a.m.) SYDNEY, February 21. The agents of the North German Lloyds are advised that the Munchen, 4500 tons, one of the company's two steamers trading between Sydney and the east, has been wrecked at Yap in the Caroline Islands. The crow and passengers were saved. No details are given. The Munchenleft Sydney on January 17th with a general cargo and a few passengers.