LATEST FROM AUCKLAND. STARTLING NEWS RESPECTING H.M.S. DART. BOAT AND LIFE BELTS WASHED ASHORE. FEARED SHE HAS BEEN SHIPWRECKED.
AUCKLAND, Last Night. News of a most startling character resppcting H.M.S. Dart was received by wire from Wellington this afternoonThe Dart left Auckland for Sydney on June 2nd, nn<l on the following day returned to port. It appeared that the weather being so rough outside, the new rigging of the vessel became quita slack through the greatstrain put upon it, and Capt. Frederick thought it advisable to return an 1 get it re-set, rather than run the risk of losing, any of his spars at sea. The Dart left again on the 6th inst., and since then no further newa of her has bepn received. There is now reason to fear that some mishap has befallen her, as it will .'c seen from the appended telegrramSjthather boaf, fully provisioned, has been found in a bay near Mongonui, and that life belts marked with che broad arrow have also been found along the coast. Wellington, 2.&5 p.m., This Day, Tho Premier Has received a telegram from Mongonni to-day, to the effect that a boat has been found in Tom Bowling Bay, west of the North Cripp, bearing the name H.M.S. Dart. The boat is fully provisioned, and with mast, carpenters tools, and life belts on
board* Farther down the coast were other life 1 belts marked with the broad arrow. The Government have given instructions that all "b'eaehps in the neighbourhood are to be thoroughly searched.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 380, 26 June 1889, Page 2
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254LATEST FROM AUCKLAND. STARTLING NEWS RESPECTING H.M.S. DART. BOAT AND LIFE BELTS WASHED ASHORE. FEARED SHE HAS BEEN SHIPWRECKED. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 380, 26 June 1889, Page 2
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