THE LAKEMBA'S CREW.
• BEACH PORT SAFELY. By Telegraph—Proas Atsociation—Copjriehl ' Sydney, December i. The barque. Ketty has arrived from Newcastle with the crew of the abandoned barque Lakemba. Tho captain of tho latter stated that on October ft the ship met with a heavy gale and enormous seas. She hove to. During the night the sand ballast shifted, and she heeled over on to her beam ends. The crew worked hard to right her for two days. Then the Ketty hove in sight, and tho Lakemba's captain decided to abandon liis vessel, as it was hopeless to savo her. The Lakemba was still floating when the Ketty left, but the captain is of opinion that she will soon -fill and sink.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1303, 5 December 1911, Page 9
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