THE LOST LINER YONGALA.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1094, 5 April 1911, Page 5

THE LOST LINER YONGALA.

STOWAGE OF HER CARGO.

ALLEGED REMOVAL OF PIG-IRON BALLAST. THE COMPANY'S REPLY. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyrisht (Rec. April 5, 0.5 a.m.) Melbourne, April i. The Merchant Service Guild has made allegations to the Minister for Customs as to the manner in which the cargo 611 the missing liner Yongala was stowed.

It is stated that some hundreds of tons of pig-iron, which formed the vessel's ballast, had been lemoved.

REMOVAL OF THE PIG-IRON. AT THE MASTER'S REQUEST. (Rec. April 5, 0.5 a.m.) Brisbane, April 4. Mr. Wareham, the Queensland manager for the Adelaide Steamship Company, to which line the Yongala belonged, states that when tho Yongala was running between Sydney and West Australia thero was very little back cargo offering, and 150 tons of pig-iron .was put :n, but, as the captain and engineer reported that the- vessel was better without it, it was taken out in June 1 , 1907.

MORE "WRECKAGE DRIFTS ASHORE. (Rec. April 5, 0.5 a.m.) Brisbane, April 4. Further wreckage has been discovered at Lucinda- Point, including gratings and varnished panels similar to those on the Yongala. THE BROKEN ROCK. (Rec. April 5, 0.5 a.m.) Brisbane, April 1. It is now stated that the Nares Rock is frequently used by warships for target pTactice, and this possibly accounts for the broken, piece, which has partly led to the- theory that the Yongala was wrecked there.

BRISBANE FUND OPENED. (Rec. April 5, 0.10 a.m.) Brisbane, April 4. A public meeting here has formed a committee to raise subscriptions to aid those whose breadwinners were lost in the Yongala. A sum of .£2OO was collected at tho meeting.

WEATHER TOO ROUGH FOR DIVING. (Rec. April 4, 10.10 p.m.) Brisbane, April 4. It is still too rough to dive in the vicinity of the'Nares Rock in order to locate tho remains of tho Yongala. Miss Gaffney, supposed to be a passenger by the Yongala, is safe. She booked her passage, but at the last minute decided not to go by the vessel.

THE NEED FOR WIRELESS. Sydney, April 4. The Federal Meteorologist, citing the Yongala case, appeals', to'- .;fjie.7. shipping community to recognise tho need for the equipment of at least all passenger steamers with wireless telegraphy apparatus, so that thoso making long trips along tho coastlino may be warned of the existence or approach and development of weather.