ROMANTIC STORY OF A MISSING BARQUE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 249, 9 February 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)

ROMANTIC STORY OF A MISSING BARQUE.

•SALVED FOR .£1000; RE-SOLD FOR imiXXJ AM) LOST. Nothing further having lieen heard of the American four-masted l barquo .Manga l{; va, which was reported to have sent out a signal of distress on November IP, it is feared that she lias been lost with all lnnds. The S O S message which was picked up by the steamer llijndajn was "Como as quickly as possible. 1 am drifting before tlio wind, with no l»oats." 'ihe Rijndam naked the American steamer I.ockingliam, which was the nearest ship, to proceed to the position ind--c.ited. A search, however, showed no sign of tiie distressed vessel. The Khip was described recently as " tho ship that came back to life." Long before the war she was wrecked in an .-i In can river, and was alandoned, the cost of raising her being consideret too great to justify the effort. Alter tho outbreak of hostilities, however, when the value of tonnage rose t< phenomintl heights, an American shipping man purchased th« submerged hull for £IOOO, raised it. aind tow<d :t to Baltimciv. It was refitted as a firstciass ship, sold for t'30,000. and subsequently re-sold for £60,000. file ve< c el was homeward bound 1 on her first voyige since Jteing *'-esus."it''twl-