WRECK WASHED UP.
WATEE-WOEN HULL FOTJND NBAS ::..;.;,:/WANGANTJI;/- > '..- • .((B y Telcerabh.—Special (iprreeDondent) . . . • Wanganui) February Iβ.,' It was reported to the Customs: authorities to-day that the wrecked hull of a vessel, with the after-part broken awajv had been found on the ' beach ; about a mile. north of "AYa'ngaohu : VEiyer. /.The police have also been communicated with,and !tho wreck will- be virited by; them.' • It is suggested..that the hull is pro-: bably the remains . of-./ the . auxiliary schooner Toroa, ■:. which mysteriously- disr appeared; some years ago when .on.a- trip : from Wanganui to the West. Coast Another conjecture is that: the derelict' may be' the barque Hippolas, which .the Takapuna took in tow a few months ago. and which sank.;. . . : /■,.-- ," '^--.'"K
••: J n ™y case, the' wreck .'appeared to nave been.in the water a long time," and to hayo been recently washed up ■on the shore. The ribs of the hull >are" showing, and the timbers : are. painted dirty 'White, . ■■/■ >■.'■ '.. ■-.." ■■;..• : ■.'•;•. ■■,:■,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 744, 17 February 1910, Page 4
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157WRECK WASHED UP. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 744, 17 February 1910, Page 4
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