THE BARQUE STRATHCONA
'FURTHER DETAILS. ' ' By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, July' 16. Tho second message, via Suva, from tho vessel searching for the Strathcona was received by the Pacific Cable Board this morning as follows:—"On Thursday found the Strathcona on the North Minerva reef a total wreck. Roscued nino. All well." Tho wireless operator at Suva adds that the rest of the message was.not received, as the signals became faint, apparently through tho. failure'of the steamer's wireless apparatus. The North Minerva- Reef is situated .about 400 miles south-south-east of Suva. It is circular, about 3i miles in" diameter, enclosing a lagoon varying in depth from three to seventeen f atnoms, entrance to which is gained by a passage a cable wide and about fifteen fathoms deep, situated on tho north-west side of the reef Tongatabu, about 470 miles cast-south-east.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 10
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138THE BARQUE STRATHCONA Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 10
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