AN OVERDUE STEAMER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 205, 27 February 1912, Page 5

AN OVERDUE STEAMER.

FEARS FOR THE HIMITANGL jf!| A SEARCH KSTITUTED. i|| ly Telegraph—Press Aseoeiation.'■/|| Wellington, Monday. ysS The Chatham Islands .Fishing pany's steamer Himitangi is now 26 dayas|f out from the Chathams, being quite r *M week?overdue. The longest previous occupied nineteen days.' *fn It has been decided to dispatch thbil steamer Gertie to-morrow night to aa'-ll certain if the Himitangi has been re4j§| ported at the Chathams. The vessel willM call at Lyttelton first and will ta£e/ali zigzag course. The Amokura will protyiig ably sail on a similar errand later. .' . $|H The Minister for Marine has given in-J| structions for the Amokura p> direct to the Chathams to search for, t&jfffl Himitangi. She is, however, repairs and will not get away till Thujs|| day. The Himitangi can rig up canvas'lii|| case the machinery should break dowjiJS so if the hull is all right she will be ablOT to make port.- She is amply provisionals It is not yet known whether she Chathams on her outward voysgl|| Among her passengers are, believed. to'Siffl the son of Mr. W. G. Faster, director of the company, arid JonriMlßf| Lean, formerly of McLean and Ar||§|li bald, ironmongers, Wellington, hut WffM owner of a fishing station at thfc Chjlit|ffl THE SHIP'S COMPANY. ' -|9 Christchurch, Last Night.''« The Himitangi's agents have no infill formation of the passengers by the misfi-j|| ing vessel. ' " ' ' ■jiß The crew is as follows: Cowan; first mate, A. Mclntyre; seconioi mate, H. Sawyer; chief engineer, J. ifjM Prendeville; second engineer, T. P. 6can<fcl| mon; able-bodied seamen. H. Hobler, Adams, J. Radcliffe, 0. Wilson, R. Waft*! son, and A. Fry; steward, J. cook,, J. Merritt; -firemen, M. White.' mm Kerry, J. Simeon. -|9 GRAVE ANXIETY. ji LIST OF PASSENGERS. i$M Christchurch, Last Night.* >4jj The anxiety concerning thfe steainer3§ Himitangi, which is now 28 days awidr|l from Lyttelton on her trip-' Islands, is increasing, and there grave fears that the vessel has met wifeli some serious mishap. . --*^^ When the Himitangi left Lyttelton anil January 31, her master, Captain Cowan|l| calculated on getting back on February 12, a fortnight ago. It cafllil not be denied that the vessel is, nofjS seriously .overdue, but it is hoped th»f||| if she were driven ashore or otherwiaijfH disabled, at Chatham Islands, her would have been able to land. ; '<3S This morning the local agents of thill Himitangi (Messrs. Kinsey and Co.) italy ceived a telegram from Messrs. Levin &ritJH Co., of Wellington, stating that' tmM steamy Gertie is. leaving Wellington\alfS| 5 pan. to-day direct for Chatham IsWi§lH to make a search for the missine Htoulw tangi. ; i'^M The Gertie is a twin screw 260 tons gross register, owned- : $&Ji Messrs. Levin and Co., Ltd., and is conlfl manded by Captain Rodgers. The Gertfs|H should reach the Chathams on Thu^^| Tlte following passengers were-ojll board the Himitangi when she tewm Lyttelton:—Mr. and Mrs'. Blythe, Messrs!! Hussick, Peed, Parkinson, Hough. Helm Lean, Foster, Whagland, HettnaulllM Manss and A. Grate. W&