THE COBRA WRECK
London, September 22. The evidence taken at the inquest showed that the Cobra was going dead slow, with big seas, running in about ten fathoms of water, when the shock urns felt. She broke her back, buckled, aud settled down amidships. There was no time properly to launch the boats, and the dingey was swung overboard with the canvas covering intact, and was only reached by swimming, the twelve survivors ripping open the covering. The Cobra’s stem and stem met together in the air as she sank. The stern part alone was seen to founder. The Cobra was only transferred tp the Admiralty on Tuesday. The King forwarded a message expressing the deepest aud most heartfelt sympathy with the relatives of the drowned.
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Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1054, 23 September 1901, Page 2
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126THE COBRA WRECK Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1054, 23 September 1901, Page 2
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