SHIPPING CASUALTIES.
A STEAMER ASHORE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, April 9. The Italian barque Paolo Marde, which left for Genoa early last month, has returned to port in a disabled and battered condition. She encountered terrific hurricanes off the coast of New Zealand. On March 21st the boats were washed away and the bulwarks and wheel-house destroyed. The steering-gear was injured, the sails lost, the forecastle flooded, and the men were two and a half days continuously at the pumps. The vessel made back to Sydney as soon as the weather moderated.
Melbourne, April 9. The A.U.N. Company’s steamer Paroo, bound to Adelaide, went ashore at Point Lonsdale, at the Heads, early this morning. She is in no present danger. Assistance has been sent. Later.—The Paroo has been towed off. It is believed that she has lost several blades of her propeller. San Francisco, April 8. The ship Flankistan, bound from Newcastle to San Francisco, took fire, and was -abandoned in latitude 4.38 north and longitude 127 west. An American schooner rescued all hands and landed them at San Francisco.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 386, 10 April 1902, Page 2
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