Schooner in Distress.
STRUCK BY A GALE. THE CAPTAIN DROWNED. Sydney, February 11. The schooner Maroro, which left Newcastle for Wanganui on the 3rd, returned to Sydney. During a fierce gale on Friday she was thrown on her beam ends. Captain Feast was washed overboard and drowned, and the mate narrowly escaped, being rescued from the rigging. The vessel lost her mainsail, and other slight- damage was done.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4373, 13 February 1909, Page 3
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68Schooner in Distress. Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4373, 13 February 1909, Page 3
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