LOSS OF THE ARYAN

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 81, 31 December 1918, Page 6

LOSS OF THE ARYAN

NEWS FROM THE CHATHAUS

NAMES OF THE MISSING

"THE WORST IS FEARED"

In regard to the. disaster which overcame the American barque- Aryan at. sea 300 miles off the Chatham Islands on Christmas Day, the following message was received by wireless from the Chathams yesterday morning:— "Reported that the i-assongcr Barroud is one of the occupants of the still missing boat. Tlie other passenger, Mills (not k'nowles, as previously stated) landed at Kaingaroa. Particulars promised by Customs officer (who returned at !).."fl' last evening) not yet forthcoming." It is thought, possible that, the Customs officer was too knocked up by his rough journey to give the details he mav have dithered. Other particulars received by wireless are ;— "l''irst mate's boat not yet picked up. "The names of the mining are: Charles Graham (first mate) ' Master Henry Dill Sidney Mowbray Bnrraud James F,lo .lack Wilson A. Danielson Harold Trovik John F. Lindol. "The boat was last spoken on the evening of December 24, when she was instructed to steer a course for the Chathams. She has provisions and instruments.

"At 5 p.m. yesterday the captain was Still hopeful.! 'He said that if the boat misso.i the island she would set north and should be somewhere west of the Ghathams, but during the night a strong westerly sale was blowing. "Locally, the worst is feared. "The. tire was first discovered in the flux cargo, between decks, at 2 a.m. on the 24th (ship's time). The ship was abandoned at 11-30 a.m., in approximately latitude 15 south, longitude- 171.10 west, same day. i

"The names of those landed at Kaingaroa are: Hjalmar Larson, Master Patrick Kyan, J. Jonesen (bo'sun), Henry Stiftenscn, Hjalmar Ludvigsen, John Meissnersen, titistav Ljong, Henry Silveriest', Emil Andersen, Francis Montague Mills, Charles Vandersluys (cook), Mrs. F. L. Vauder.-luys (stewardess)."

The Marine Department jesterday ireceiveil from the Customs efticer at the Chatham Islands it message embodying that received by the Post and Telegraph Department. The Customs officer in addition said that he had arranged for adequate temporary accommodation for the captain and crew at Kaingaroa Station, as they have no funds. Captain 11. Larsen desirsd to have the American Consul informed, and asked whether there were prospects of an early relief ship. The report was sent on to the Minister of Marine (Hon. T. M. Wilford), who was yesterday at Timaru, for instructions.

The Government steamer Hinemoa is now in the middle of her overhaul, ami is having alterations made to the crew's quarter:! as the outcome of (he influenza epidemic. If the Minister orders the dispatch of the vessel to make a. search for the missing boat, it would he Friday before sho could be made ;ead,v for the trip. Messrs Levin and Co., agents for the Aryan, stated yesterday that there were no vessels in port that they could send out to search. Captain 11. Clayden, of the Shaw, Savil!, and Albion liner Arawa, which left Wellington yesterday for London, via the Panama Canal, was asked by (ho Marine Department to keep a careful watch for the boat. The steamer Dorset, '.hich is to sail to-day, and will lover the same course, will also look out while steaming in that vicinity. All arc quartered at Kaingaroa Station. Mr. Sidney Barraud, who is reported to be among those still missing, was very well known on the waterfront as the shipping and Customs clerk for Messrs. Levin and Co. On the wharves and with the staff of Levin and Co. he was an extremely popular young man. There is a chance of the boat having landed at unc of (lie outlying islands or in a remote part of the main island. The Aryan, was the first vessel to be allowed to clear from Wellington without her cargo being examined by the Customs officials. The practice, has been to make a careful examination of the vessel and her cargo, owing to the possible action of enemy subjects, but a -few weeks after the armistice was signed it was decided to discontinue the practice.