WRECK OF A GERMAN VESSEL.
The steamer GoMpii Gate, which'Hß ai'ri'c'd from N>w Britain, via them Duke of \ ork Inlands Sydney HE t-. le«iain in the brought Captain Heinriok M oiler anJJIB .seven.i'f th« cww of the Ofli-inan; thwehH iDUHti'tl schooner 'Pft'er, .which/waflH| wrecked onKiiwll'sTref, in ilifSolo-B moil Qi'OD)), on 4hgiis>i 27. Tbe.PeterH wtfl»- bound froia ; Hamburg to 'Jftineo-H h-tVdtf, Guinea, with'!W ji'Uwhl cargo, ' Slip, met : with vfl'rylß heavy weather throiijfhqut; the .v.oVage,Hi an|..on tha nijjht of: August 27iht8H straelc a reef during a strong : gouth-H8 ,- easterly gak -The;orew remained pofiß lie yWal) night', auiho sfia begltalH to byeak up thejnoxt'day tbey':left harßfi in ih'e hoarp, taking [iiovieiouß, wataiJH And clothing, and ; tUey suicided wittjpl great diffionlty in reaching Santa Adt*l99 , Island, four oVfivVmiles dißtant. .ThevKß remiiipetKihVe' for three-days, andSß .hiding iha, .ti'me they fi & w *i; largeHH • iinniya.r of natives.visit, the wrecs. OnH ,'oiug,,to th*vessel afterwards'thejßn found that jihe had been well Idotedßß and they left quickly, as the natiyeHj Woivlnriiiiy and assuming a nienaHj 'ling iittitu.l». They"; were oliaseri: hfiß 'he natives}; lint gut away withoilJlhaßfl ni'cessiiy (Jf linn-,' on them, Thejflß iweh-'d iinorhvr island, noUiaqied; omm :hi! chair, fouini'"wiit.w , i and 1 after ffl| ■ihori. Slav, started sx. Hciiko, wiiicHH ih'iy reach"d alter seven.day's/ ThoiMH wfii'fl kindly nwivi'd by tlii'.jii;o|)leioiHßJ (lie German, plantation,. and hi'iinglit on to tiydney li vt> fff'ekkxfWßfl woV. Thn' vessel and the insmed in Hamburg. I''BB
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3497, 11 January 1887, Page 2
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233WRECK OF A GERMAN VESSEL. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3497, 11 January 1887, Page 2
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