A RELIC OF THE SEA.
A life buoy was picked up by the Herald | schooner at the North Cape, on her passage to Auckland, bearing the name of Alsager, Liverpool. No notice was taken of the event, and the life-buoy was retained on board. By a curious coincidence the officers and crew of the Alsager are at present in Auckland, two of the latter number being in custody on a charge of scuttling the ship. The second mate happening this morning to go on board ! teh Herald recognised the buoy, and supplied the following particulars: — On the 24th June last the vessel, while in her voyage from London to Melbourne, was in lat. 27 S., and long. 173.15 E., when a man fell overboard ; the life buoy Was thrown to him by the second mate, but without avail ; the man was lost, and the vessel proceeded on her voyage. Her subsequent career has already been lately before the public ; but this buoy, after course of ten months, drifting 1300 miles, was picked up off the coast of New Zealand, brought into Auckland, where those who are enabled to identify it are also thrown here by chance.
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Auckland Star, Volume IV, Issue 1023, 30 April 1873, Page 3
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196A RELIC OF THE SEA. Auckland Star, Volume IV, Issue 1023, 30 April 1873, Page 3
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