ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT.
A correspondent "Subscriber" writes asking for the date of the wreck and locality of the two ships, Wellington and Cyrus. The barque Cyrus, 317 tons, with a crew of ten and three passengers, under' the -command of Captain P. Andrews, was wrecked two and a half miles to'the eastward of Sinclair Head, in Cook Strait, on 7th March, X 874. Five were drowned. Tho ship Wellington, 696 tons, with a crew of fourteen, under the command of Captain H. E. Hall, was wrecked in the same locality as tho Cyrus, and on the same day. Two were drowned.
Further reference to these wrecks will be made in the article on wreck's in tho vicinity of Pencarrow Lighthouse.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1932, Page 20
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120ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1932, Page 20
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