A SCHOONER CAPSIZES .
THE CREW SAVED. {BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION). Blenheim, Last Night. The schooner Ronga, of 90 tons, built last year by Messrs Lane and Brown, Whangaroa, and owned by Messrs Brownlee and Co., of Havelock, capsized in a squall off Fairy Bay, Pelorus Sound, yesterday morning. The vessel was bound from Lyttelton in ballast to load timber at Blackball. She was going about at the time, and when in stays was struck by a squall, and was instantly capsized. She was towed by Messrs Brownlee's tug into Four Fathom Bay. The captain and crew were saved.
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Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1051, 18 September 1901, Page 2
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97A SCHOONER CAPSIZES. Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1051, 18 September 1901, Page 2
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