STRANDING OF THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND.
[press association telegram:.] TIM ABU, May 2. The barque Duke of Sutherland, lying in ih® roadstead, struck ground this evening and filled with water. She is still afloat, but the crew have loft her, A very heavy sea is rolling in. She was being loaded with grain, and had over 10,000 sacko of wheat aboard, shipped by the Now Zealand Grain Agency Company, and was expected to sail on Thursday. The vessel was drawing 18ft and lying in 27ft. The vessel and cargo are fully insured. The Duke of Sutherland is a wooden vessel cf about 1010 tons, and owned in London. The harbor master and Captain Rowlands, with a number of men, are now on board. The crew of the Duke of Sutherland were taken off by boats of the ship Benvenue (Captain Maogowan),
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2517, 3 May 1882, Page 3
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141STRANDING OF THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND. Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2517, 3 May 1882, Page 3
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