A SCHOONER WRECKED.
A LIKELY TOTAL LOSS. By Telegraph.- t'ress A>.iociallou. Auckland, Ui«a Xigin. The Nurihern Coal Company's fore-and-aft schooner Zior wag wrecked on Takatau Point il»is morning. and from appearances is likely to he n total loss, her hid) being full of water, The steamer Ngapuhi, bound ijrom' Wluvngarei to Auckland, passed within fi. quarter of a mile of the wreck, but although a boat was lowered no communication was established with the, crew, who ar,-. thought to number Ave. Tile YAov i« wedged between two large rocks, and lies with her stem to the shore.
It is thought that the shin misled her tack towards Kawan. Tlip wind was north-east with a heavy swell.
Captain I)iaz. (he master, hnn been engaged in the local trade for the last thirty years.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 239, 2 October 1908, Page 2
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132A SCHOONER WRECKED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 239, 2 October 1908, Page 2
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