THE TONGARIRO WRECK.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 43, 18 September 1916, Page 4

THE TONGARIRO WRECK.

SUNK BENEATH THE WAVES. SALVAGE OPERATIONS IMPOSSIBLE. Per press Association. Napier, September 18. According to telephone advice re*ocived in Napier, the Tongariro is now completely under water. The bow of the vessel, which clung to the rocks so long, suffered badly with tno heavy weather of the past few days. So the Tongariro is no more, and all that can be seen at low tide are “the horns” of Bull Rock above water. The sea in the vicinity is strewn with, wreckage, mostly timber and very little cargo. In conversation with a reporter, Mr Catto, local manager of the New Zealand Shipping Co., expressed the opinion that there would be little or no sound cargo saved from the sea. It is reported that there was a large quantity of wood floating about near the Bull Rock, comprising portions of the. vessel, and timber witn which the Tongariro was fitted up as a troopship. Mr Catto remarked that the v“«*el had broken up very quickly, rough bottom of the sea bed iimm* vicinity meant that there was little possibility of saving any further cargo. He did not think any further efforts would be made by diving, as the spot was too exposed.