REPORT CONFIRMED

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21813, 19 June 1936, Page 11

REPORT CONFIRMED

WRECK OF GIRL PAT IN BAHAMAS LONDON, June 17. The mystery as to whether the British vessel which was reported to have been found wrecked in the Bahamas is the trawler Girl Pat, is still unsolved. Lloyd’s in London have been informed that a hurricane is raging, making an immediate search impossible. The locality of the reported wreck is a coral-en-circled island in exceedingly difficult and treacherous seas, and it has been the scene of frequent wrecks. According to a later message received at Nassau (Bahamas) from Inagua, the finding of a vessel which is believed to be the Girl Pat is confirmed. The message adds that a sloop found the vessel, badly damaged, on a reef, and three bodies on a ledge near by. It also found suitcases, a Bible, and nautical instruments. The crew of the sloop, the Dove, buried the bodies. The Bahamas Government has cabled to the nearest magistrate to proceed to Samana Cay Island to investigate. If the vessel turns out to be the Girl Pat it means that she had travelled more than 1000 miles since she was last seen. Mr Jack Vincent, one of the Girl Pat’s owners, stated: “We hear all sorts of fantastic stories, but this one seems to be genuine.” Mrs Osborne, wife of the master of the Girl Pat, is still hopeful that she will see her husband again. The object of the Girl Pat’s wanderings is still one of the deepest sea mysteries.