ABANDONED MEURTHE.
Ashore at Lord Howe Island.
SYDNEY, October 21.
Early in the month the steamer St. Louis, while on a voyage from Noumea to Sydney, -with the old French warship Meurthe in tow, abandoned the latter, which was reported to be in ; a .sinking condition.
Word has now been received from Lord Howe Island that .the old warship drifted ashore there, and is lying high and dry. The derelict is claimed by the islanders.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 252, 22 October 1907, Page 5
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