A VESSEL ABANDONED.
Duriug the paseaeo of the Norwegian barque Passat, from New York to Adelaide, she fell in with and passed the barque Dumbartonshire, of Glasgow, lying dismasted and abandoned in mid-ocean abouo l; 500 miles south-west from tbe Cape. The Passab was running along at about ten knobs before a fresh breeze when the disabled vessel was sighted. The fore and main-masts wero gone. Thare had been an attempt to secure the mizonmast by means of a preventive stay, on which a sail waß temporarily bent, but there was no signal set or any sign of people about. The Passat appronched closely enough to read the name, of the barque, and then roßumed her course. The Dumbartonshire was an iron barque of 915 tons register, built by Dobbie and Co., of Glasgow, in 1874. The master of the Passab supposes the crew had been taken oil by a passing vessel.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 18, 22 January 1895, Page 4
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