Wreck of a Barque.
September 28. News has been received from cape Portland of lo'al wiedc of the Barque Loch Finlas bound from Port Pirie for Callao. The crew were all foreigners and numbered 24. Four boats were launched but all were stove in. Nine men clung to the wreckage. As the vessel sank the captain and mate stood by the ship and the last words of the Captain were “ Pont bustle boys ; dont hurry. The fifth boat was safely launched and with fourmen aboard she landed about midnight on Saturday. The survivors state that one comrade was seen clinging to a dinghy and if saved would be on Foster & Island.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43379, 29 September 1908, Page 3
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111Wreck of a Barque. Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43379, 29 September 1908, Page 3
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