STEAMER MISSING
TOW-LINE BROKEN ? FBARS ENTERTAINED. MELBOURNE, Dec. 28. Grave fears are entertained for the safety of the steamer Paringa, which left Melbourne on Monday for Japan with the tanker Vincas in tow. Th© Vincas appeared off the western port yesterday in a helpless condition and drifted towards the coast with four men aboard. She managed to drop her anchor about a mile from the shore. Fierce storms have been raging ‘on the Victorian coast since Tuesday. The tow-rope parted on Wednesday night and the Paringa disappeared. No ship has reported having seen the Paringa nor has any coastal lighthouse reported that she is sheltering. STILL NO REPORT Received Dee. 29. 6.5 p.m. MELBOURNE, Dec. 29. The steamer Paringa is still missing. The crew consists of 31, the master and officers of which are British and the remaining 26 Chinese. A fishing cutter yesterday reached the Vincas and found four Chinese aboard. One of them related how during the height, of the storm the Paringa’s towline parted company with the Vincas, which is now held by her anchor. The four Chinese refused to leave the Vincas, declaring that the Paringa would be sure to-return. AH vessels have been aifted to keep a sharp watch for the Paringa, which maj' be standing out. to sea.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 305, 30 December 1935, Page 5
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214STEAMER MISSING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 305, 30 December 1935, Page 5
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