DISASTERS AT SEA.
THE FATE OF TWO BARQUES.
Per Press Association—Copyright. Received June 25, 9.30 a.m.., HOBART, June 25. A boat containing Captain Lindstol. and six members oi: the crew of the Norwegian barque Orleans, bound from Sychelles to Dunedin with a cargo of guano, reached Macquarrie Heads lastnight,. and reported that the barque had foundered twelve days ago. Another boat containing the mate and six seamen is missing. The captain states that the Orleans, when 200 miles off the Tasmanian coast, opened out and commenced to leak so badly that he was obliged to abandon her. The crew took to the boats, well supplied with food and water; but the weather was exceptionally rough, and they suffered great privations. Those who have landed are very weak. They state that the boats kept together till Wednesday afternoon. A sharp look-out is being kept for the one still missing; it is presumed to be off the coast. Another disaster is reported from Adventure Bay, where the barque Natal Queen, while finishing loading timber in heavy weather, grounded on the rocks and filled. The crew of nine was landed safely. The latest regorts are that the vessel ia likely to become a total wreck.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7831, 25 June 1909, Page 3
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