Wreck Of The “Jan.”
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The auxiliary ketch “Jan,” owned by Messrs. Brown and Joske, Ltd., of Suva, Fiji, was wrecked when leaving the is land of Naitauba, Fiji, on February 9.
The “Jan” was heavily laden with copra and had 11 passengers on board when she struck the bottom of the chan nel, which is very narrow and shallow.
The swell let the vessel down on to the reef and she was holed under the water line.
After the vessel struck, the master took her outside the channel in order to turn around and the vessel sank just as she re-entered the channel.
The passengers were removed safely and about 100 bags of copra were sal vaged. Mr. W. H. Johnson, a director of Brown and Joske, Ltd., inspected the wreck later and stated that the prospects of salvaging the ketch were not very hopeful.