Wreck of the Pleione
1P« tWITH* MKBB ABBOCIXTIOH.J .i?| ; Wbiainotoh. March 18. ■ - • A heavy- gale sprang up during; yesterday, and increased to hurricaneforce during the night, -and it •till blowing with unbated fury. The English Bhip Pleione, which left London on December 23, bound for Wellington, went ashore during last night, two miles north of Waikanae river, on a sandy beaoh. Telephone messages state that all the crew hare landed safely. The Fleione is an iron vessel, 1092 tons, and under the command of Captain Culbert. She is said to be working further in shore, and as the beaoh runs .out tery shallow, it is not expected she will be got off. Nothing is known here of the insurances. No particnUrs are to hand. . . '; ' .
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 97, 17 March 1888, Page 2
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124Wreck of the Pleione Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 97, 17 March 1888, Page 2
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