ISLAND NEWS.
MR GOODWIN KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
WRECK OF A BARQUE
By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, last nigh:
Island news by the Tavanui states that Mr T. Goodwin, Secretary to the British Resident at Rarotonga, was killed by the explosion of a rocket on June 11th. Four natives were injured at the same timo. The Tavanui reports the wreck of the barque John Gambles, bound from Peru to Auckland with a cargo of raw sugar for the Colonial Sugar Company. The vessel went ashore on a reef near Papeete on May 24th, and is a total loss. Tho vessel was short of water and called off Papeete for a supply. In a calm a current took charge of the vessel, and carried her on to the reef. The captain and crew arrived at Auckland by tho Tavanui.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 144, 29 June 1901, Page 2
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