A WRECK
THE LADY ST. AUBYN.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, last r 'ght.
The crew of the Lady St. Aubjn, wrecked at Kaipara on the 25th ult., have arrived at Auckland. The captain states that the brigant ; ne wf s beating over the bar. He had got ’*l- - T'oiy Shoal, between the Shor 1 and the Noth. Spit, when the wind suddenly dropped to a flat calm. Tne tide and swe l swept the vessel towards the NoGh Spit, and on th : s she struck. About twenty minutes eber the wind dropped. The heavy swell and tide ca’.riea the vessel fa .her and further up the beach, bumping a 1! the time, and carried her nearly up. to high-water mark, the crew wa’ring 9 shore when the tide fe 11 . She bumped a great deal at next tide and the iron faster ; ogs end seams str .ed, the water coming in between the pla-As. A nautical inquhy will he held to-morrow.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 63, 15 March 1901, Page 1
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161A WRECK Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 63, 15 March 1901, Page 1
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