THE MARGIT WRECK.
ATTRIBUTED TO THE CURRENT. By Tcleeraph-Press Aj;:>riation-CopyTit:!>l Adelaide, November 21. Captain Anderson, who was in cbargo of the Norwegian barquo Margit when she was wrecked earlier this month thirty miles north of Kingston, attributes tho disaster to the current. When it becamo apparent that tho vessel was' hard and fast, the ship's company, with tho ship's papers, boarded a lifeboat and fruitlessly attempted a landing; but had to return to the ship.' ' •••:•■•'
A heavy sea smashed the lifeboat, and the ship's papers were lost. The crew landed in another boat.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1292, 22 November 1911, Page 7
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93THE MARGIT WRECK. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1292, 22 November 1911, Page 7
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