THE MISSING WARATAH.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2584, 19 August 1909, Page 5

THE MISSING WARATAH.

AN UNSUCCESSFUL QUEST. RETURN OF TWO. SEARCHING VESSELS. ' United .Press Asst.nat on—-Coi'Yriout. LONDON, August 17. The cruisers Hermes and Forte have returned to Simonstown without discovering anything of the Waratah. THE OVU'MU still hopeful. 220 PERSONS ON THE VESSEL. (Received '■ August IS, .10.20 p.m.) LONDON, August 18. The “Standard” says that one hopeful view imtbnl it wottld seem impossible for a biip off the W a rata Ids sine to go to pieces without a sign of wreckage. " . If. is thou gist possible that the .Papaiva may sight .the Yvaratah. Lund'S, owners of the Waratah, are still very hopeful.- They report there are about 220 perrons aboard the steamer, inehiuiiig 100 passengers, ißid that the provisions .are ample for two months’ supply on a lull menu. The captain of the In-izwa has wired to the' owners That ho is now doubtful whether lie caw bodies, and that it was too rough to . investigate. FIRE BM A STEAMER THE BQ.RKUM AT PERTH. ORIGIN OF EIRE UNKNOWN. ' t >nit i:u l’nnss Assoia ation PERTH, August 18. 'fiic steamer Borkmn has arrived. With reference to the fire on board, a report of which was cabled on July IC, the origin is a mystery. The jettisoned cargo included -1000 cases of dynamite and 40 cases of detonators stored in the hold adjoining the place wliere the outbreak occurred. The fire was still burning fiercely when the vessel arrived at Port Louis, and the crew with great efforts succeeded in quelling it. [The Borkum is a German vessel, and the fire occurred on her passage lrom Bremen to Australia.]