WRECK ON STEWART ISLAND.
[PBH3B XSeOCTATICN TELEGRAM. 1 BLTJFIV April 12.
By the arrival of,#ie ketch whieti Has jnst reteraed from leading a party o£ mutton-birder* on Stewart Idand, ft lette* is to; iaad from Gwrgd Newton, a mutton-birder on Big Island, stating that on - Slsfc March, at 8 he eatr a chip dtiftinJß about. With only the stamp, of a meet about five or six ' miles to< the westward of S&sy Harbor. As there w*e a strong breeze from the south-wefet, Newton was unable to launch a boat, and the vessel drifted into Wainaws a total wreck. Wainawa is about nine miles from where Newton and his party i»w the jebipi »,Frosa appearance the was timber laden, and three days later timber and wsreckag*} was floating all round Big' island. Oα the 7th instant the Clyde passed Bed Head, opposite Waiaawa, and esme aaiongj thewrecksgeoftheahip. Clyde, launched a boat and ezami&ed fete wreckage and came across part, ol the vessel, red painted, L and also found wreckage of every description* sawn timbet being amongst it. The etmtahed for milea. The vessel is.' msj>oa&& f» be the Eoailie, which, left the £la§ about the 27th tdty with a timber catgo for Fovfe Pirie, and commanded'by Captain GoVdoß Sm&lL She was & Kidayagliaa barque of about 600 tone and earned about fcwefare hands. There u> a chance thai the cr@w hare eecaped to some, of tfce, bQ$ nothing n to- titelc s&f4ttgr< is (eaittvely known.
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Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7524, 14 April 1890, Page 5
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