JAPANESE STEAMER.
AGROUND AT THURSDAY ISLAND
DAMAGE TO WOOL CARGO.
(Australian Press Association.) THURSDAY ISLAND, Nov. 4. Arthur Albert, the Australasian diver, examined the Tango Maru, which is aground on the Gippa Rocks, near the western entrance to Thursday Island harbour. Albert discovered an eight feet hole under the bow. The bottom of the vessel is corrugated, as if it had struck and broken off a large piece of rock. Two holds are flooded and 1400 bales of wool are soaked with water. There is little hope of getting the vessel off, even if she is refloated. There is considerable doubt as to whether she could be beached two miles away. The wool cargo aboard is worth £250,000, and includes 450 bales from New Zealand. The Akimaru, a vessel of the same line, has reached Thursday Island and is taking back the Tango Maru’s passengers to Sydney. The steamer Wallatina is lightering the Tanga Maru’s cargo.
VESSELS STILL FAST.
SYDNEY, Nov. 6. The latest wireless messages from the stranded steamers Tango Maru and- Morinda (owned by the Bums, Philp Company and aground off the Papuan Coast) state that they are both still fast. All on board the Morinda are safe. A powerful tug is going to the Tango Maru’s assistance.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 292, 7 November 1928, Page 11
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