A BATTERED BARQUE.
TOWED TO PORT. PERILS OF THE LOCH KATJttNEr DECKS ALMOST SWEPT. By Tdesraph—Press Association—CopjriaH (Bee. May 10, 5 p m ) Sydney, May 10. The dismasted barque Loch (eight of whose cresr arrived in Melbourne on Sunday by the steamer Tasmania was picked up by the tug and was towed to this port under favourable conditions, arriving to-day. Sh« was met by the tug on Monday afteiy. noon, 80 miles south of Sydney. The barque presents a veiy battered appearance. But for a ; Short boom] (rigged up on the stump of tile and the mizzen mast, she is swept (lean of masts' and rigging. After the boat (containing the tight men picked up by the Taxmanio) had left to seek assistance on May 2^ Loch Katrine hove to and tried to beg in the same position, but partly, drifted and partly, sailed northward. On Sunday she sighted Hontagm £&« I land, and eventually got jrithin six tmT<«
[of land. A strong cuueui puiied h®, out again.
She fLew distress signal and toed rockets, but thay were not' though Jcryis Bay lighthouse *aa raahlq for a couple of days.
When the tug Hfjraic obm to fla rescue, provisions and tobacco had almoei eat Otherwise, the bazgnefe szta did net suffer severely.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 814, 11 May 1910, Page 6
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211A BATTERED BARQUE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 814, 11 May 1910, Page 6
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