A TIMBER DERELICT.
STRUCK BT A HURRICANE. SUVA, May 5. The schooner Lyman D. Foster, bound from Puget Sound to Suva with a million feet of lumber, was caught in the hurricane off Turtle Island, in the Lav group, on April 15 and dismasted. The rudder and all the boats were damaged, and a third of the cargo was swept away. Captain Kallmann and ten members of the crew built a raft and abandoned the ship. Ou Thursday last they reached the island of Kabara, and then proceeded by cutter to Lcvuka, vhero". they arrived yesterday. The cargo was insured. Lloyd's agent has dispatched the steamer Waipori to the scene of the wreck.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 107, 6 May 1913, Page 5
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113A TIMBER DERELICT. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 107, 6 May 1913, Page 5
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