A BARQUE ABANDONED.
L\ A SINKING CONDITION. < CREW PUT Off IN BOATS. ONE BOAT PICKED UP. By Cable—Press Association.—-Copyright Received August 27, 1.1.i n.ui. Fremuntle, August 20. The lighthouse-keeper at i pi- Natnraliste reported in the forenoon that a boat passed within t>vo miles, contaiu-
ling several men. Subsequently u tug picked up tile boat, which was towed to I
Hunbury, and proved to be from the French barque Gael, from London to llobart, which was abandoned on Monday last 200 miles off Cape Leeuwin in a sinking condition. The bout contained the first and third officers and eleven members of the clew. All were in good health. The second boat, containing the captain, the second officer and ten of the ' crew is still adrift. The boats parted Jon Monday night.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 174, 27 August 1909, Page 2
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131A BARQUE ABANDONED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 174, 27 August 1909, Page 2
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