TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 September 1916, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[I'EU I'ltKBS ASSOCIATION.] THE IOXGARIRO DISAPPEARS Xapier, This Day. According to telephone advice received at M'apier, the Tongariro now is completely under water. Thevbow of the vessel, which clung to the rocks so long ,suffered badly in the heavy weather of the past few days, so the Tonga riro is 110 more, and all that can be I seen at low tide are "The Horns" of I Bull Rock above water. iTlie sea in | the vicinity is strewn with the wreckage, mostly timber; there is very little cargo. In conversation with a reporter, Mr. Cato. manager for the Now Zealand ion thai- there would be little or 110 Shipping Company, expressed the opinsound cargo saved from the sea. It is reported that there was a large quantity of wood floating about near Bull Rock, comprising portions of the vessel, and timber with which the Tongariro was fitted up as a troopship. Mr. Cato remarked that the vessel had. broken up very quickly, while the rough bottom of the sea bed in the v'einity meant there was very little possibility of saving any further cargo. Ho did not think further efforts would be made by diving, as the spot was too exposed.