| Show BRITISH STEAMER WRECKED AND FEARS entertained FOR SAFETY OF ANOTHER cape town sept 12 the british steamer thermopylae captain from sydney NS wry via other australian ports for london has gone ashore at the entrance to this port and Is in a bad position the sea Is breaking over hen she is filled with awatar and will probably become a wreck the passengers and crew and a quantity of specie which she had on board were landed with difficulty the gravest fears are entertained for the safety of the british steamer Wal kato which sailed from london may 4 for lyttleton and for which the british cruiser recently made an unsuccessful search the thermopylae is of tons she Is a steel vessel and was built in 1891 she hails tram aberdeen the was last spoken july 31 in latitude longitude with her shaft broken she Is of tons and ig owned by the new zealand shipping company limited of plymouth england on aug 18 the owners of the steamer received notice from the british admiralty that the cons mander in climet on the east india station had been directed to send the warship in search of the wa kato and a dispatch from port louis under iohd same date announced that the cruiser had sailed on her mission the return eq to sept 6 and reported ithac her search bad been fruitless |
