ANOTHER WRECK. The Brig Robin Hood Lost at Bass's Straits. (From the Auckland " Star," Jan. 5.)

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 84, 10 January 1885, Page 5

ANOTHER WRECK. The Brig Robin Hood Lost at Bass's Straits. (From the Auckland " Star," Jan. 5.)

Intelligence was received in town to-day of the loss of the Auckland brig Robin Hood at Bass's Straits. A cablegram received by Mr VV. S. Laurie from Captain Colin McDonald states that the brig is a total wreck. All hands were saved, and part of the cargo was recovered. It is expected that the remainder will also be saved if the weather should continue fine. Captain McDonald intended returning from Launceston to the scene of the wreck to-day. The Robin Hood was a wooden brig of 297 tons register, and was built at Shoreham in 1567. She is owned by Messrs W. S. and F. G. Laurie and Captain McDonald, of this city. At the time of the occurrence she wa3 on her way from Kaipara to Adelaide with a cargo of timber shipped and owned by the Union Sash and Door Company. The hull of the vessel was insured in the New Zealand Office for £1,200, of which £250 was reinsured in the South British and £200 in the Batavia Office. The cargo was also insured in the New Zealand Office for £1,840, of which part was reinsured.