Loss of a Ketch With All Hands.
(Per Press Association). Sydney, February 17. The ketch Candidate, from Sydney, capsized while entering Port MacQuarrie, and all hands, viz , Tritaan (captain), Shersden (mate). Matson (cook) and Lawrence and Bougrest (seamen), were drowned, The vessel drifted ashore a complete wreck. The bodies of the captain and cook have been recoyered. This Day. The ketch Candidate was insured in the South British office, but it is understood she was reinsured in other offices. The lifeboat made a gallant attempt to render assistance in the face of tbe terrible tea, but po trace could be found of those on board until the bodies drifted ashore.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 196, 18 February 1895, Page 2
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110Loss of a Ketch With All Hands. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 196, 18 February 1895, Page 2
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