THE CORDOBA’S DRAFT.
ONE MAN LOST AT SEA‘
EIGHT DESERT DURING VOYAGE.
WI+ILLING»TON, Oct. 1‘
’ The Crrrdoba, arrived in the s‘tl'ea-m at 9 o’c]ocli this morning and anchored in the Kaiwara Bight. A strong gale was blowing, __and shre immediately stzu-'fnd to drag her anc']lor,“and as the strength of the Windincreased, she soon commenced to make rapid progress Towards Evans Bay." ' I
The authorities were alarmed. and at once b§rthegl her near Queen’s Wharf, where mediéal inspection was canied out. She was passed as a clean ship, and the men landed. . ‘ . . - The Cordoba was ten weeks on the voyage, coming vin..Cape.town. _ On September 27th, Pvt. J. S. Williamson, Otago, was lost at sea. Eight men also failed to join the ship «at ports of _call,
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Taihape Daily Times, 2 October 1919, Page 5
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