BARQUE ASHORE.
PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYP.IGHT ‘.Received 5.5 p,m„ August 31.
Sydney, Aurusl 3LThe four-masted barque Sakoto, bound from Antofagasta to Sydney, is ashore on tho Merman Reef, five miles north of the Manning Heads. The vessel is in an exposed position, and there is a tremendous sea running. There are no details to hand,
A WISE CAPTAIN, PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received 10.32 p.m , August 81. Bydney, August 3
The hazy oonditionß of tho weather were responsible for the first report that the Sokoto was ashore. A wite to-night reports that the Sokoto is safe, anoboted a mile from the end of the reef in ten fathoms of water. Tugs have been despatched from Newcastle to tow her out.
Reoeived 10.37 p.m., August 31
The oaptain of the Sokoto states that after a sucaession of three days’ gales he found himself in tho vicinity of the reef. The weather was thiek and hazy, and there was a mountainous sea running. Realising that he was getting in too olose a proximity to land he dropptd anohor.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1849, 1 September 1906, Page 2
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