WRECK NEAR CAPE CAMPBELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3400, 14 May 1919, Page 49

WRECK NEAR CAPE CAMPBELL.

QUEEN OF THE SOUTH ASHORE. WELLINGTON, May 10.. The coastal steamer Queen of the South is ashore on a ledge of rocks about three miles west-south-east of Oape Campbell lighthouse. The vessel is in a dangerous position. All hands are ashore. The engine room is flooded. Assistance has been requested. BLENHEIM, May 10. Later details state that the Queen of the South went ashore at 5 a.m. to-day during a fog two or three miles south-east of Cape Campbell lighthouse, while proceeding from Wellington to Lyttelton with a cargo of machinery. The sea is smooth. The captain has gone aboard again. A tug has been sent for from Wellington. There is 4ft of water in the hold. No lives were lost. Canstable Williams has gone out to the scene. No further details are at present available. CHRISTCHURCH, May 10. The Wakatu will be _ despatched to Cape Campbell to render assistance to the Queen of the South. PROBABLY PROVE A TOTAL WRECK. WELLINGTON, May 12. The owners of the Queen of the South have decided to abandon her to the underwriters. Further details regarding the Queen of the South state that the vessel left Wellington at 11 p.m. on May 9. Captain Owen was in charge, and had 12 of a crew. It was a very foggy morning, and the light at Cape Campbell could not be seen three miles distant. The vessel struck at 5 a.m. on Saturday. The crew are quite comfortable, and have plenty of clothing and blankets. The vessel is fast on the rocks. There is a big hoje amidships, and she will probably become a total wreck. Owing to the heavy swell on the reef, it is impossible for the tender to get alongside. The chances of salving the cargo are considered quite hopeless. The Queen of the Soqjh is an iron vessel of J9B tons gross register. She waa built in 1877, and Is of the following dimensions i

Length, 126 ft 2in; breadth, 22ft lin; depth, 7ft Bin. Tho Queen of the South is owned by Messrs Levin and Co. (Ltd.), of Wellington, and is principally employed in tho Wellington-Foxton trade. [Mr E. S. Wilson, secretary of the Otago branch of the Shipwreck Relief Society of New Zealand, telegraphed to the chairman of the Wellington branch on Monday asking if the crew of the Queen of the South needed any assistance. No reply has yet been received by Mr Wilson.]