THE SSTEAMER OHAU.
; ||?,y ;'Referring to the ill-fated Ohau, the f !,'•?>s ,f Tuae»" cays:—"While in Fiji in the of 1895, the Ohau had a very nar;y;;7 tow escape of being wrecked off the Taviuni fri,,, coa&t, and it was alleged at the,time that ;^; ; -' in the beigfct of the etorm she sailed over "r«fs that would have been impossible for ''£;};•, mc to have missed in ordinary weather. '<<$"; 'Captain Place was the pilofc on board of ;;pV the Ohau "at <the time, although he did not ,;,;' at tlhe moment claim any large amount of >7.V Credit for bringing the snip out of troubled ■$■} waters. He put it down to a piece jfV\ of lock which to this day he cannot quite ~ffi\ account for." ,
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10381, 26 June 1899, Page 5
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