(Southland Times.)
There was no circumstance of weather to account for the blunder. The haze does not appear to have been great, and haa not been quoted as any cause of error. If we are rightly informed, the Waipapa reef runs some six miles into the aea. The vessel struck within six hundred yards of the beach, and therefore may be said to have been about ten miles ' out of her proper position, for to give such a danger as the reef four miles offing would have been littlo enough in the night time, When the captain, called by the second mate, came on deck, the error was patent, and he gave ordera to alter the course, but too late. It needs only to be added that the reef was a well-known peril, three steamers having 1 previously touched, and one sailing vessel having been wrecked on it. But the Jinxious care tt at should have been exercised seems to have been altogether wanting, and hence the melancholy result.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1385, 19 May 1881, Page 3
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169(Southland Times.) Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1385, 19 May 1881, Page 3
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