A Missing Brig.
* The Marie Anga, to which reference has been made m our telegrams during the la3t few days (says the Lyttdton Times^ is an iron brig of 274 tons register, and is owned m Jersey. She passed her number 3, Lloyd's survey, at Swansea, m October last, at- a cost of £1800. Thence she proceeded to Rio de Janeiro, with a cargo of coal, goiug on to Mauritius. From this point her misfortunes appear to have sec m, as shortly after leaving P»«'t Louis she encountered a fearful cyclone, which swept away everything but the lower masts, which were of iron. She returned to Port Louis and effected repairs, which cost £3000, after which she made a tedious passage to Adelaide, 'Vfjierf sh^ dischjarge.4 Ej^gar, an^ I loaded, flour for Brisbane. Her passage, to the latter port was one of the fastest ever made, being only twelve days. From Brisbane she proceeded to Newcastle, where a cargo of coal was taken \n for Port QhaJoipr'St
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 218, 9 August 1884, Page 2
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167A Missing Brig. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 218, 9 August 1884, Page 2
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