TOW-SHIP JUST DRIFTED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 14, 17 January 1936, Page 5

TOW-SHIP JUST DRIFTED

— HUGE SEA WHEN LINE PAP TED. MELBOURNE. D?. . 29. ' Hnw rhe ini.-stng steamer J’ariuga, j with 31 men aboard, including 26 < .11 nesr, vanished in a terrific storm. whs i told 10-tlay by Chan Ban. the <’hin?. ; e I ••uartermastrr of th? hulk \ im-.».-. | which tn? Pariu 2a was lowing. Th? Paringa has not been seen since »t parted company from the Vincas .’IT 1 rhe south east const nf Victoria on ' t’hristmas Eve. The ' in- as still !i-_>s 1 anchored in the >w?!| three quarters of a mil** from Lakes Entrance. Sh ’ was being taken to Japan. Th? seas wer? mountainous when th? : line parted. *aid • rsn Ban. speaking from the bridge of the stranded Vin -rts i to-day. The four Chinese on the Vin«-F« • had been told. J said, that if it became ■ necessary to part company their vessel I wa« to drift until it was possible to * anchor. Apparent!' the Paringa ca«t i off thp Vinras off Nin?tv Mile Beach. ‘ «o that, if chp drifted ashore, shp would strike a sandy bottom, instead of the ■ rocks further »ip the roast. How Vincas Rolled. With eloquent gestures t’han B.i i ' ah«wed how thp helpless Vincas pitched aid rolled and drifted broadside f r hnur« through the storm. At the stern of the vessel he showed how th? old. rusted steering gear had given wav of the great seas. The -"eaKage had mad? it impossible to rontro! th? vessel in any way. Broken and battered, the vessel is just a floatin’ hulk. She is being held bv onlv one anchor, and while she is holding her ground in the moderate sea that is no.r running further bad weather would be almost «ur? tn send her ashor?. ‘ Will Come Back.” Th? crew of th? Vincas refused to leave the ship today, saying th? were la «nr? the Paringa would be bark for • them. Th? local pilot will make an- ■ , 'ther trip to the stranded vessel tn-mor- j ■ mw morning. Th? crew of thp Paringa eompris?? ■

* a plain M dunes. S. Southam, chief : officer, chief engineer .1. G. M. Yui’d. I second officer Rutledge, and second en I gineer R. Baxter, ami the 26 Chinese. I