STEAMER ASHORE ON CORAL REEF.
WARNING LIGHT REPORTED DOUSED ON CLARKE ISLAND. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 2, 9.35 am.) SYDNEY, May 2. A wireless message was received vesterday that the Royal Packet Navigation Company’s steamer Tasman, 4978 tons, from Java to Brisbane, is ashore on a submerged extension of Clarke Island, in Torres Straits. The steamer Houtman is standing by. The captain reports that there is no danger. She has aboard twenty-six passengers and 100 of a crew. • The vessel lies on a soft coral bed and is in no immediate danger. It is reported that the unattended light on Clarke Island has been extinguished for over a week, and warnings to shipping have been issued by the Queensland Navigation Department. The steamer Houtman, of the same line, made an effort to render assistance, but the depth of water was not sufficient to get close enough to enable hawsers to be put aboard.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18144, 2 May 1927, Page 1
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