THE LOCH SLOY DISASTER. ELEVEN BODIES SWEPT ASHORE.
Adelaide, 12th May. The bodies of nine men and two women liave been washed ashore near to the Avreck of the Loch Sloy. There are no tidings of Mr. D. Kilpatrick, the passenger for Dunedin, who Was left near a water hole on the road from the wreck to May's house. THE KAWATIRI STRIKES THE GROUND. Launceston, 12th May. When the steamer Kawatiri was leaving Strahan Harbour, the principal port on the western side of Tasmania, she struck on the bar, and had to return. The extent of the damage has not been ascertained. (Received May 13, 9.45 a.m.^ Launoeston, This "Day. On examination of the Kawatiri it was found that she had started the end of one of butt-straps iv the hold. [A butt-strap is a strip of iron rivetted on over the joint of two plates.] Repairs having been temporarily effected, the vessel resumed her trip, Auckland, 12th May. The magisterial enquiry iuto the collision between the ketch Tokeran and the cutter Eleanor, iv Rangitoto Channel, found the master of the Eleanor, William Scurrah, to he at fault, and his home trade service certificate, was suspended for two months.
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Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 112, 13 May 1899, Page 5
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