FRENCH CRUISER LOST
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (Received August 1!), 10.15 a.m.) Paris, August 18. The French cruiser La Perouse was caught by a tidal wave at Madagascar, and wrecked. General Gallievri, the French commander at Madagascar, had a narrow escape from drowning. The crew were rescued, and the gun stores saved.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 330, 20 August 1898, Page 2
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