Wreck Of "Enton”

———♦——— On New Caledonia Coast

A vivid story of the wreck of the motor ship Enton, which struck the Amadu Reef, New Caledonia, on January 28, was told by the 30 members of the crew, who arrived in Sydney by the last Laperouse.

On the morning of that day the Enton’s officers apparently were unable to determine her position in the inky blackness. Clouds obscured the stars.

Suddenly, with an ear-splitting, grinding noise, the ship grounded on the reef and trembled in the breakers until she settled into a firm position. Unnoticed side currents, the crew stated, had swept the ship off her course.

The steamer St. Vincent de Paul was sent from Noumea and rescued the crew, who transhipped in their own boats. The captain, with the first officer and others, have remained aboard the Enton in case there is a chance of salvaging the ship. ... === Mr. S. G. C. Knibbs, Commissioner of Lands in the Solomon Islands, and Mr. F. E. Johnson, Treasurer of the Solomon Islands Administration, arrived in Sydney by the Mataram on February 9. ———