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Taranaki Daily News, 22 January 1916, Page 9

Xev.'s has readied Sydney of the wreck o: '.wit iiwe -ailing vessels, which at otic tunc were well known in the Australian trade (says an exchange) 1 . Both were barques, and, strange to say. disaster occurred to litem on the sains clov Hie hest known of the two is, per'.iaps, tlie I'ormost, which, while bound to Liverpool from Porsgund, laden with lumber. struck 011 tht-: South Bishops, and .S°t herself in such a precarious position that as soon as assistance arrived the crew was taken ofl. She bumped about on her rock bed for (lavs, and was then (owed 01T and taken to'Dalc Roads, Milford Haveu. An examination was at once made. ni"l it was then found that she was n wivcl. nloiv, wntlst below »>.e was so full of water that it was confidently believed part of her bottom had disappeared entirely. The surveyors and captain agreed that even if arrangements could be made to repair her it would be nil safe to tow the vessel from the position she was in. The other sailor was the Ciilburjw, and she was wrecked whilst bound to Liverpool from Halifax. She struck a rock some miles soutn-west ol Strumble Head Lighthouse early in the morning, after being badly dismasted during a hurricane, and the crew bad abandoned her. Almost immediately after striking she began to break up, and before long the cargo was floating out of the hull. So dangerous and ex. posed was her position that it was impossible to visit her. but some of the gear was secured, as well as some of the cargo that had been carried on to the beach. The Calburga sailed under the British flag, while the Formost became Korwegian property a few years ago. - T>.e Daily News is on sale at Stratford at 0 a.m., Eltliain 6.15 a.m., Normanby '*.lo a.m., Hawera 7 a.m., Patea S.lsa.m'., Ifanaia 7.30 a.m., Kapuni S a.m., Kajionga 7 a.m., Awatuna 7.20 a.m.. Maitipu 0.45 x.B»-