THE RUMOURED LOSS OF THE YACHT PEARL.
Just before going to press wehaverecefa* \. >" intelligence; which makes it fearfully F 0 * bable that Mr WaymoutW yacht VeulP» been lost with all on board, consisting off on* persons, Messrs B. Waymouth, E. J(' BeB'~j) I Matthews,'.and another name "unkno* n> Captain' Burgess' brother, Mr BMj gess, seeing- something sticking 'out o1 the water |near the reef early this mow . ing, put off in a pilot boat, and on -com- , ing|to the spot found theobject was;tn« •■ j mast of a yacht to all appearance the reari- ~ She was sunk in about six feet oi . w*W . | which was so'elear that every object •»• neath the surface could be made out tinctly. Everything about the veßsel, Wshape, size, colour or deck, build,» andng* ging are said to exactly,- resemble Mi i mouth's boat. Another party has gone ton ■.;:. to examine the wreck, and; we may exp* " more and fuller particulars during tie cv ning. We should mentidu as '.tewnj to confirm the belief that the /ri has been lost, that the body foM»" x« • i night is still asserted to be that of W ' * Waymouth, while Mr.-Waymouth, «rj%: admitf the face to be like hif son'srbuti by s that the hands are not like his. VV? alsp that the tidings of the safe arrival oi v Pearl at Waiheke are founded -j on 7? i slender facts, ':
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Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1251, 9 February 1874, Page 2
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