STEAMER ASHORE.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 June 1922, Page 4

STEAMER ASHORE.

MISHAP NEAR AUCKLAND. HOLD FULL OF WATER. VESSEL CARRYING SUGAR. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last NightA wireless was received from the Sugar Company’s steamer Rona at 7.5 p.m. that she is aground on the flat rock, near Kawau, about 28 miles from Auckland. The forepart only is on the rock, but the hold is full of water. A hulk, labor and a tug are required to lighten the vessel, which is lying firm and as far as ia known her position is not very serious. The Harbor Board tug left for the scene at 9.45 p.m. to render immediate assistance and she carried fourteen watersiders. Another tug left at 11 with two sugar lighters in tow and another 30 men. A hulk is to leave in the morning with a pulsometer pump and a relief crew. The Rona was bound from Fiji with 7000 tons of sugar. The weather is showery, with a light south-west wind, and the sea is smooth- The latest message, timed 10.30 p.m.. states the ship’s bow ie fast on the rock and the engines are going ahead to keep her there. She is lying steadily and there is no sea. The hatches have been fastened down in case she slips off at low water, but it is thought she is safe for the present.