WRECK AT THE AZORES.
BARQUE BEDART LOST. NINE OF THE GREW DROWNED. (Received 9.50 a.m.) Loudon, .May 2fi. The barque Bedart, from New Caledonia to Glasgow, was wrecked at Taja Grande in the Azores, nine being drowned. (The Azores are a group of nine islands in the Atlantic. SOD miles from Portugal to whom they belong. They are volcanic with rugged perpendicular coasts, being subject to earthquakes. One shake in 1591 continued for twelve days without intermission. The Azores have a population of .300,000. The soil is exceedingly fertile, and raises large quantities of wheat. fruits and tobacco).
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 23, 27 May 1915, Page 4
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98WRECK AT THE AZORES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 23, 27 May 1915, Page 4
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