A BARQUE'S EXPERIENCES
CONSTANT USE OF PUMPS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, September 15. The leak of the Amazon, which has arrived from Willapa Harbor, 1:1:) days out. was so heavy (hat only the constant use of three >tcam pumps kept her afloat. The ship's carpenter. Nel-on. was accidentally drowned at Fanning Island, where she called for repairs. The captain reports meeting with an exceptionally strong current in the vicinity of the Island of Fortuna. which lasted to within 200 miles of the Australian coa<t. He suggested that it was the same as that to which the captain of the Knight of St. George attributed the loss of his vessel.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 73, 16 September 1911, Page 5
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109A BARQUE'S EXPERIENCES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 73, 16 September 1911, Page 5
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