LITTLE CHANGE IN POSITION

Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 55, 2 September 1916, Page 6

LITTLE CHANGE IN POSITION

NO CARGO SALVAGED YET.

The New Zealand Shipping Company reported to-day that there is, if anything, a change for the worse in the Tongariro's position to-day. There is not the least chance of getting the vessel off the rock, as she is hard and fast from tlie stem to amidships, and is badly holed. The captain, chief officer, second officer, and the chief and second engineers, with four of the crew;*are-still standing by in a small steamer. Yesterday the sea was too rough to permit of any cargo being' got out of the vessel, and it is now reported that the lower part of No. 5 hold is full of water. SLOW AND DIFFICULT WORK. It is still hoped that some of the cargo *will be got out of the ship, though it will be a slow business, as it would havo to.be taken out by man-power, no steam power being. available on the wrecked steamer^ Even then there is the difficulty that steamera are unable to get alongside," and it will be necessary to place whatever cargo i 3 got out of the holds into surf-boats to be transferred to the steamers. - -•-"- 7. ' The bullion landed in Napier from the vessel consists of 51 boxes, 31 of which are for Dunedin, and 20 for Invercargill. The Ripple, which is due to arrive in "Wellington to-morrow, is , bringing the men's personal effects.