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STRANDEIX ^
Passengers' Stories.
, SYDNEY* Dec. 27.— There was noth
ing spectacular about the stranding of the.
Morinda'accprding to passengers on that
steamer who reached Sydney by- the Mon
toco. The, vessel went aground about 7.3
a.m. on December 12 in an oily sea that
thoroughly, hid th^ reef which. ]the vessel
struck. ? ? t .. ? . . '? ?
_Oue pasesnerer said that the rising sun
lay' directly ahead of -the steamer ' apr
parently dazzlinp the helmsman. Not a
ripple showed where the rocks lay a few.
feet below ' the yBurf ace and the channel
was missed by only about 50 yards. After
a slifht bump the vessel remained fast
in a^few feet of- water. /
Throughout the day of the stranding a
deceptive calm kept- the reef hidden, but
next day and from then onwards a swell
broke over the rocks bumping the vessel
further on to the reef. About two
thirds of the steamer's length .now lies
on the reef, over which there .is only
about three or four feet -'of water. At
low tide' it was possible -to investigate1 on
foot the damage done. ' 1 1
- Captain Hillman, master of the Montorb,'
was optimistic about ? the stranded . ves
.sel's position. t 'We hope to hear that she
is off,' he 8aid; '??-??'??? ' 1
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