SHIPPING DISASTERS.
Received February 17, 5.14 p.m. LONDON, February 16. The Leith steamer Movaria, with nineteen hands, is believed to have foundered during a hurricane in the North Sea. * A Tyne steamer is also supposed to have met the same fate. Received February 17, 5.38 p.m. MELBOURNE, February 17. The new steamer Moruya (500 tons), bound fx-om Liverpool to Sydney, and owned by the Illawarra Company, went ashore during a fog, on Friday night, near Port Albert. The crew have landed. The vessel was high and dry at low-water, but was floated off yesterday afternoon. The vessel, which is apparently uninjured, has proceeded on her voyage. DUNEDIN, February 17. The French barque Marguerite Miraband is ashore on Alcatore Beach, near Milton. The captain and crew of 24 are safe, but the ship is much battered. The ship had been in a fog or nine days. The sea is very rough.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8361, 18 February 1907, Page 5
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150SHIPPING DISASTERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8361, 18 February 1907, Page 5
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