THE CAPTAIN'S STORY.
A SUDDEN DISASTER. \ CREW GOT AWAY JUST AS THEY STOOD, (By T«le&raph.-Freji 'Aasoolition.) Nelson; March 9. The Aiahura brought to Nelson yesterday the crew of the steamer Red Pine, which was wrecked on Cape Stephen) on Friday night, two miles from the scene of the wreck of the Jane .Douglas a couple of years ago. > Captain Eden states that he ran into a fog, but he could see bush fires on d'Urville Island, and he set. a course which he thought would tako the vessel safely past. Suddenly, .however, she struck.a -rock, and sank so quickly that-the crew -bad barely time..'.to get away as\they stood.', . Only one-boat It stood by till-daylight; and" then made for the shore, where the castaways were hospitably treated by settlers. The crew had been paid on the previous day, and the men~lost all- their money and other effects"..
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1694, 10 March 1913, Page 6
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146THE CAPTAIN'S STORY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1694, 10 March 1913, Page 6
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