SHIPPING MISHAP.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1975, 10 May 1919, Page 3

SHIPPING MISHAP.

QUEEN OP THE SOUTH ON REEF. AT CAPE CAMPBELL. POSITION CRITICAL. (By Telegraph —Special to “Herald.”) Wellington, This Day. The of the South is. ashore on a rock near Cape Campbell. Her position is dangerous. The engineroom is flooded, and all hands have left the vessel. The vessel left Wellington at ll o’clock last night, on a special trip to Lyttelton, and would in the ordinary course be off Cape Campbell between four and five o’clock this morning. The Wakatn left Lyttelton this morning for the scene of the mishap, and the Wairau is to leave Wellington to-night or to-morrow morning, with all the necessary tackle and gear, to see what can be done, but there seems little likelihood of , being able to re.-lloat tho vessel. Cape Campbell, on the northeast coast of the South Island, is 32 miles from Wellington Harbour,

The Queen of the South has been trading between Wellington and Foxion for the past 30 years, having been purchased specially for this trade in Sydney by Captain Harvey for the owners in 1880. She was built in Paisley, Scotland, in 1876. Cap!a in Harvey was ir, charge of ttie vessel almost conlimv ously from 1880 until a few months ago, when he retired, and Captain Owen look' charge. » Mr F, Lawton is first male, and I lie crew includes Messrs J. Hannah and L. Andrew, of Foxion. The Queen of (he South is owned by the Queen Shipping Co., Ltd., a private company with a capital of £6,000, registered on January 29th of this year. The shareholders are ; Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., £4,500, Captain Harvey £750, Mr W. Signal £750. LATER. Wellington, 1.40 p.m. The Queen of the South wont ashore three milqs south of Campbell lighthouse, at 5.30 a.m., during fog. There is four foot of water in the hold.