LOSS OF THE CUTTER VICTORIA.
The cutter Victoria, belonging toMr Anthony Martin, while comingup harbour this momng with a cargo of firewood, struck 011a suncen rock ota t»e shoal surrounding Be^ gck Lighthouse. She slipped off &tu^ and the captain steered for the southern sjm c. They endeavoured to keep ttaJ'water ugg, and were successful for a time ; but the fitter suddenly filled while off Kohimarama «od saiik. The men had barely tune tcMWjge m the clirigy m she went down. c* came about foot or Jive fee up her mast. All her sails wef set. Shortly after twelve o'clock to<W *ue sipped with the receding tide off fe bank on which she was lying into deep w»er, ami nothing now remains to mark her josition. She ii'h only lately undergone repairs.
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Auckland Star, Volume IV, Issue 882, 4 January 1873, Page 2
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