WRECKED IN PACIFIC.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1852, 13 July 1918, Page 3

WRECKED IN PACIFIC.

TWO VESSELS LOST. The barque John Murray, one oh’ tho vassals attached to the Commonwealth lino of sloavnsliips, has l)oonnio a 1m a I wreck on Malden Island, in mid-Pacific, while mi a voyage from Sau Francisco to Melhonrno. Tho maslor and two sailors von ohod Fanning Island in a lifeboat, and reported that tho vessel was wreokeil on .May 22nd, tho entiro orow being safely landed on Malden Island. Motor ears formed a large portion of tho John Murray’s cargo.

Just after the disaster to the John Murray, the schooner Annie Larsen piled up in the same spot. , The shipping authorities arranged for a relief ship to leave America to pick up the crews and bring them on to Melbourne. The John Murray was taken over by the Commonwealth from the Victorian Government. and left Australia in (he early pari of January last with a full cargo of wheat for the United Stales. In San Francisco she loaded a full general cargo for Australia.

News was received in Sydney on July 2nd that the American schooner .Annie Larsen had been wrecked in (he Pacific. Th vessel was bound from Hilo (Hawaiian Group) to Papeete (Society Group) to load copra for San Francisco, and according to the cable to hand, she was lost somewhere in the vicinity of Panning Island. (The message from Melbourne printed above mentions Malden Island). The schooner left Hilo in ballast trim. No information, has been received regarding the crew, but it is believed that all hands were saved. The Annie Larsen hailed from San Francisco, where she was owned by Messrs Olson and Mahony. She was a three-masted schooner of 332 G tons, built at Port Blakeley by Hall Bros., in 1881, her dimensions being: Length 143 ft. Bin., beam 34ft. Gin., and depth of hold lift. She was insured in San Francisco.