THE WHANGAROA WATERLOGGED

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13421, 7 July 1911, Page 5

THE WHANGAROA WATERLOGGED

ABANDONED AT LORD HOWE ISLAND. Press Association—Telegraph.—Copyright. NORFOLK ISLAND, July 0. Tlie scow AYhangaroa, which left Mokau on May 31st, was abandoned near Lord Howe Island, waterlogged. Hie crew are safe there, and are awaiting the Sydney steamer. Tlie news was brought to Makambo.

FURTHER DETAILS

Received July 7. 9.10 a.m. SYDNEY, July 7. Later messages from Lord Howe island report that the captain and eight of the crew of the Whangaroa landed on June 24. They abandoned tho vessel 15 miles south-west of tiro island. She was waterlogged several days before abandonment. Efforts are being made wirelessly to communicate with vessels in the ■ vicinity of Lord Howe with a view to the picking up of castaways. It is considered possible that the wreckage recently sighted, off Lord Howe cams from the Whangaroa.