Shipping Disasters
9 (per united press association.) * London, July 12 I The Hoogley, from Sydney, sighted t the Carmellite from Sydney burning, . at the end of February. After five i days' struggle the crew were transf ferred to the Hoogley, which suffered in a cyc]one. From want of food and water several deaths occurred. The r crew, who were unable to work, were rescued on May 1 0. i The American ship Bobock hae [ arrived at Queenstown with a portion i of the crew of the Merope, bound from 1 New Zealand to London, on board. On the 26 h June the Bobock found the Merope in flames and burnt nearly , to the water's edge. The rest of the , crew are on board an American ship 1 bound to Hull. July 15. The captain and eleven of the crew of the ship Merope were landed ai Deal. The vessel's cargo having fired spontaneously near the Azoreß, the crew took to the boats and were rescued. The Merope was bound from , Wellington. [The Merope was an iron barque, of 1054 tons register. She left the port of Wellington for London on April 4th, with the following cargo : — 654 bales wool and skins, 197 casks tallow, 45 sacks hides, and 3001 bales flax. She was under the command of Captain Thomas.]
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 15, 22 July 1890, Page 3
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219Shipping Disasters Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 15, 22 July 1890, Page 3
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