LOSS OF THE INVERNESS.
BURNED AT SEA. CREW ARRIVE AT AUCKLAND. By Telegraph. —Press Association. Auckland, July 11. The crew of the British sailing ship Inverness, which was' burned at sea and abandoned on April 24, arrived here by the Island steamer. No lives were lost. The fire was caused by spontaneous combustion in coal loaded at a South African port. One of the boat's crew was adrift for eight days. The survivors readied Papeete, where they were cared for by the British Consul. The crow of the Inverness had diffiv culty in getting out the boats, as the masts were expected to fall any moment. Two boats were launched, and both reached Rapa Island, one in ten and the other in nine days. The men were hospitably treated by the natives.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1918, Page 7
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132LOSS OF THE INVERNESS. Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1918, Page 7
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