SUPPOSED IDENTITY OF A DERELICT.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 5 December 1901, Page 4

SUPPOSED IDENTITY OF A DERELICT.

A cable message received from Sydney last Monday siates that it is thought in London shipping circles that the derelict reported by Captain MartiD, of the barque Loch Broom, on his arrival at Melbourne on the 15th inst., from London, is probably the Glasgow barque Norfolk Island, which was burnt at sea whilst bound from Glasgow to Table Bay. Part of the crew were saved, and landed at Bahia. When the barque Loch Broom, Captain Martin, from London to Melbourne, was in lat. 26.40 deg 53,, long. 2:}.2odeg W. on September 30;h, a large sailing vessel, which had been burned, and was evidently deserted by her crew, was seen, the Loeh Broom bore down to her and found 3he was a vessel of apparently 2000 ions register. She was a blackened ma=s and no name was visible on her. Ail the masts were gone, but the bowsprit remained standing, and had a lot of gear hanging to it. Captain Martin (of the Koch Broom) states the derelict was evidently an iron-built vessel. Pie was of opinion that she took fire, and that tho crew were rescued by some passing vessel, as the derelict was in tho track of ships going from Capo Horn to the equator, and also of the outwird bound vessr In from tho equator to the Cape of Good Hope and Australia. A fairly heavy sea was running, when tho derelict was observed and she was rolling heavily.