ON A RAINY NIGHT
STRANDING OF THE TASMAN PASSENGERS TELL STORY By Cable. — Pres 3 Association. —Copyright Reed. 11 a.m. BRISBANE, To-day. Passengers taken from the steamer Tasman have arrived at Townsville by the Japanese ship Akimaru. They state that it was raining on the night that the Tasman stranded and in the absence of a guiding light the vessel got too close to Clarke Island and ran on a sandspit where it remained fast.
The vessel grounded quietly and the engines were reversed but failed to move her.
The morning showed the ship to be on a soft coral reef with other reefs around her.
The Tasman is safe and uninjured, and should be refloated easily. The steamer Roggeveen which had passed the spot earlier the same night returned and made two attempts to tow the Tasman off, but on each occasion the tow line parted. The Tasman’s passengers went ashore and indulged in picnicking and swimming. There was plenty of bird life on the island and fish were plentiful.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 39, 9 May 1927, Page 9
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