THE COUNTY OF CARNARVON
ALLEGED MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. (PKB PBEBS ASSOCIATION ) Wanganui, December 27 Mr Pln«goD, « well known resident here r"oa';d on the beich, two miles from the he ds, yesterdty a oorked bo- tlo oontiinlog the follovrlug penollkd message ;— ''ShfpGouofcy of Carnarvon, S ptemberS, 1889 ; Anyone who ehoold Bod this bottle will earn the dying blessing of three men .who do not expeot to live an boor, by letting onr friends and relations know our fate. We are sioking fast. A<l han^s bnft ns thiee were washed overboard hat night. We were d lamas ted, and btnnaoles »od everything wsshed awey by o"o sea ; every sea watbes over the deck fore and aft*- I don't know where we are,' bat by the skipper's reckoning mid -day yesterday, we were oboot 100 Klles from New Zaaland. We have been elDklng fast ever slnoe the tqaall struck us; May God help n«, for' we may sink at any minute.— GJeorge Wright. The other men with me are Yinoent Wallace aod <Tames Klng^^ • Rough c'n CATABRH.'^Corrects offensive odors 'at once. Complete cure of worst cbrbnic , cases ; also unequaled as gargle for diphtheria ««oat foul breathy
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2316, 28 December 1889, Page 3
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194THE COUNTY OF CARNARVON Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2316, 28 December 1889, Page 3
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