STEAMER ON REEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20072, 9 October 1928, Page 10

STEAMER ON REEF.

MISHAP TO THE KINROSS. HOPES OF REFLOATING. [nV TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Monday. Radio signals intercepted by tho Post and Telegraph Department indicate that the steamer Kinross is nshoro on Cato Island reef. She is not making water, however, and it is hoped to got her oft at daylight. The weather is fine. The Kinross is a tramp steamer of 5234 tons and was built at Middlesbro*' in 1918. She |is owned by the Sutherland Steamship Company, Newcastle-on-Tync. Her former names were War Spartan and Taxandrier. The vessel was at Auckland at the end of last July, when she unloaded case oil from Port Arthur, Texas. From Auckland sho went to Wellington, New Plymouth, Sydney, Newcastle, Rockhampton and Townsville, where she unloaded the remainer of her case oil cargo. Afterwards tho vessel proceeded to Nauru Island to load phosphates for Australia. When tho Kinross was at Auckland Captain H. Pattison was in command and the following were the officers: —Chief, Mr. W. Gilchrist; second, Mr. J. R. Copping; chief engineer, Mr. T Torgersen; second, Mr. G. L. Granger; third, Mr. H. C. Barron; fourth, Mr. J. Tweedy; wireless operator, Mr. G. Woods; chief steward. Mr. F. Kelly. _ Cato Island, where tho Kinross is ashore, is one of the numerous islands in tho Coral Sea. The island is situated about 140 miles from Sandy Cape, and nearly 350 miles from Brisbane.