P. & O. Liner Loses Propeller in Daybreak Accident With one propetlor gone, and leaking badly up her broken propeller shaft, the P. & O. liner Ranchi limped Into' port late on Oclober 19, nine hours overdue. Anxious officials of the company were wailing for her fon the Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co.'s Hongkew Wharf, and shortly after the ship had made fast, divers were sent down to examine the damage.
The Ranchi was due in port about 730 am. She actually arrived shortly after 430 p.m, It is understood that at about $ am. os she was passing Button Island, in the mouth of the Yangtze River, she struck a rock The sound of the impact could be heard all over the ship, which came slowly to a standstill with one pro-Pellor gone.
Water began leaking in from the afterpeak, mainly up the propeller shaft, and into the after-hold. The pumps were sot to work, and on her opposite rudder, she slowly and ale most painfully made her way into vert.
was understood from Messrs. Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Ca., local agents of the P, & 0, s. Ranchi, on Oct. 23 that the vessel would leave for Hongkong at 10 o'clock that morning for repairs to be effected.
She had Just arrived from London (whence she sailed on September 11), Gibraltar and Marseilles, by way of Suez and the usual ports of call, with 110 passengers in all classes, 208' sacks of mail, and 177 packages of the parcel post variety. In addition, she carried slightly over 400 tons of cargo for this port.
The Ranchi, of about 16,600 tons gross rouster, is a sister-ship to the
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