TWO WRECKS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 536, 17 June 1909, Page 7

TWO WRECKS.

GERMAN TRAINING SHIP AND FRENCH . BARQUE. ; . (BT TELEGRAPH—PRBS3 ASSOCIATION—COPTRIC3HT.) - (Reo.'June 16, 8.55 p.m.) 1 Sydney,: June 16; The Underwriters'. Association has been advisod. of tho wreck of tho French barque Turgot, 2611 tons gross, bound from Hilll"to. Australia. She was wrecked at Cape Verde, West Africa. • [The Turgot was a steer barquej 2611 tons press, built at Nantes, in 1902, and owned by the Cie Maritime 1 Franeaise. Dimension's: Length, 278.8ft.;'beam, 40.4 ft. ; depth, 22.5 ft.] The Association' has also been advised of the wreck of the North German Lloyd Company's training ship, Herzogin Cecilie, 3242 tons gross, which left Port. Augusta) South Australia, for. tho English Channel, on March 17, with a large cargo of wheat. The Herzogin Cecilie: is reportod to be a total wreck. •; ■; [The Herzogin Cecilie was a steel four-mnsted barque,; of 3242 tons gross, built at Bremerhaven, in 1902, and owned by the North German Lloyds. Dimensions! Length,' 314.1 ft.; beam, 46.0 ft. s depth, 23.8 ft. The North German Lloyd Company lias another training ship of over 200 tons.] .• . ~

ROUGH WEATHER IN THE TASMAN ■ . sea. ,■ Sydney,' June 16. Tho Warrimoo, from Wellington, arrived here shortly before midnight. 'She experienced an exceptionally rough passage all the way.: ■ A , v •