WRECK OF A STEAMER.
[by i ;;.::c.uAi'ii. — oivx < uiKKsi'dNHKsrJ. Aluki.anii, Lot Xiaht. TiiK AA'.S.X. Coinpi.n-.'s (Warnoil";!), U.iptiiin Caller, which avrixud at Suva on the 13.h inst., fn.iu Xew Uubri.lf.s and Xunnii'a, repoibvl the loss of the sl<\ii)mrTriiL'aui:ii, From the ui'Vif,'rn particulars t > hand it appears th it lh« Tni-a-nini weutitshnreoiKinri of tin , X-w Hebrides Islands, on the night of the iL'th insl.. in a hurricane. Stvj was lying anchored "If thc island, trading fur a cargo f.ir Xouinea, when the hurricane came on. Her master endeavoured to get her awsy to m;\ in liui-.
to ride out the st/.rn;, but the g i!e inen-a-im in force m. rapi-lly that, t.li.i ii,.l,j ves-.'l wa-,-li-ivon Msi.oiv in :i very >h..it .sow "f time. She 11ltd fsirfiui-'f. of only 30-liois.f pow. ,-. The hiinicane was. a ?v.\ ore one. ami raged fiiioiHy tor soma hours. The fteainei driftsd ashore at about inijTiiii-'ht of the VVh., airi broke her b.n-k on fliu reef. Boats were «.it out in time, and the. crew all iu ui.iged t■> hind s.fe.y on the b'ach nttJi , perilous expeiienet.'s. The steamm b-ua'iie a total l->ss, and w.is a.l l.ire.diinj.' up when the latest m:«M 1, fi. Tlie cargo was all lost. The Waroonsta nicked up t'»« Bhipwrecked peonle at the island.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2904, 24 February 1891, Page 2
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211WRECK OF A STEAMER. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2904, 24 February 1891, Page 2
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