A STEAMER WRECKED.
AUCKLAND, May 27. The Northern Steamship Company's steamer Muritai is a total wreck on the Hen and Chickens. No lives have been lost. Captain Hopkins was in charge of the Muritai, and his officers were Messrs T. Leatherby (mate), R. E. Allen (second officer), C. Roache (engineer). Mr W. Egglington was chief steward, and Miss Logan stewardess. The other members of the crew totalled and there were a number of passengers from Russell. The. cargo consisted chiefly of oysters. The Muritai was an iron of 225 tons gross, and was'built at Paisley, Scotland, in 1884. She traded on the Australian coast for some years, and in 1897 was purchased by the Northern Company. This makes the second vessel the Northern Company have lost during the past twelve months, the other vessel being the Kia Ora.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9100, 28 May 1908, Page 5
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138A STEAMER WRECKED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9100, 28 May 1908, Page 5
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