SUPPOSED LOSS OF THE SUAKIM.
About a fortnight after the wreck ot the Red Cross ab Rarotonga news was received from Aitutaki by the schooner Torea,
Captain Dickson, that there wera evidences at that island of another wreck having taken place off the group A large quantity of wreckage had drifted ashore, consisting of a ship's boot, oars, cabin doors, lifebuoy, railings, ccc. The boat and life-buoy bore the name " Suakim," and it is feared by many that the fine iron ship Suakim, which was on her way to San Francisco from Newcastle at the time, foundered with all hands in the hurricane which dismasted the Red Cross. She was an almost new vessel, having only been built in 1836. She was o<" 1,618 tons register, and of the following measurements :—2s9ft: — 259ft long, 38ft 2in beam, and 23ft depth of hold. She was built at Glasgow by Messrs Russell and Co. for the Suakim Ship Company (Limited), and Captain Scobrooke was in command. From the description of the cabin doors given to Captain Mclntyre, of the Red Cross at Rarotonga, he recognised them as belonging to the Suakim, which sailed for 'Frisco fiom Newcastle three days before he did.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 357, 6 April 1889, Page 5
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200SUPPOSED LOSS OF THE SUAKIM. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 357, 6 April 1889, Page 5
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