WRECK AT THE ISLANDS.
AMERICAN LUMBER SCHOONER
ABANDONED.
(Received May sth, 7.35 p.m.)
SUVA, May 5
The schooner Lyman D. Forster, from Puget Sound to Suva with a million feet of lumber, was caught in a hurricane at Turtle Island, in the Lav group, on the loth April. She was dismasted and lost her rudder, and all her boats were damaged. A third of the cargo was swept away.
Captain Hitman and the crew of ten built a raft and abandoned the ship on Thursday., and reached the Island of Kabara. Thence a cutter was taken to Levuka, which was reached on Sunday. The cargo was insured. A Lloyd's agent has been despatched to the wreck.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14658, 6 May 1913, Page 7
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