THE MISSING CANASTOTA.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17220, 10 August 1921, Page 7

THE MISSING CANASTOTA.

AT LOED HOWE $SaW»-Pwsa> AwociaHsn—Copyright.) ftftd H,«*. Oabla Association) August 9fch, 7.20 p,m.) "*■ - SYDNEY, August 9. *lSi' atwtaw Makambo haa arrived. JHfSfar .ttlaatjer reporte 'that he thoroughly the] wreckage at Lord Howe #nd the markings on it dld'nat of the- Canastota's believed to "be" from tf» & SBaftig gfifiiiw Canastota bafc been at* Lord Howe Island (says papw o£ August 2nd). The of a quantity of, chnr-'-ISjed'debris, including charred benzine jipjeases and casks of tallow. The casks are P.A.T. over New York. Some etc.,'were also washed up. Js ? *-Hr (&ptain J Weatherall, of Messrs Burns', %'"*• Bbilp, and Co.'s steamer Makambo, on < ¥ '■ August Ist sent a report to the/ above IVeffect to the Department Of Navigation) B' by Wand. The pf general opinion was that the flotsam' m~ came from the'missing steamer Canaap tota. Mr'G. A. Parses, the Sydney W< agent for the Canastota. stated that the %-- vessel -carried, besides benzine, a email §! r quantity cij tallow' loaded at Brisbane „ ,for New York. After as a of the shin's manifest Mr Parkes ea|d' |. nfert.dayJEhat the casks of tallow were* Mr"' inMed 7S¥i«rtr New York IMnkhig r * tln»' i thd J wh*lßss message > been mutilated in transmission, he sent a inessage.'ta tine master'of the Ma-; katoba asking for further information. [ v , been, missing for' <£ome "woe&u She left Sydney on June" «Bth last bound for Wellington, en route, «g?New York. She. earned-altogether eamrcam ol benzine. Various tfliecnea have 1 been'advanced in snipping cfr- *.»„ Oanaatota, but the* one 'finding most support is that an explosion occurred' y r amongst,sha benzine, and that the nk> h\ Bel foundered hands, P ~ i , .' =s==-—s==a