The Bega Capsize.
STATEMENT BY THE CAPTAIN.
SIDNEY, YesterdayThe balance of the a.s. Bega’a castaways have arrived. Captain Bishop described the sinking of his steamer a mystery, which will remain unsolved. She was staunoh and could not have opened up. There was not time to run ashore. McCubbin, the chief engineer, declared there were peculiar circumstances whioh he preferred not to speak about till the proper time. There was no water amidships or In the engine room just prior to the
sinking. It is rumoured that a stowaway aboard the Bega perished.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43312, 11 April 1908, Page 2
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92The Bega Capsize. Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43312, 11 April 1908, Page 2
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