SYDNEY.
May 31. A telegram has been received from Woolongong, a seaport about sixty miles south of Sydney, reporting that the barque Queen of Nations, of the White Star line, has been wrecked on the coast a short distance to the north of that place. The captain and all the crew except one seaman have been saved. The vessel is bumping heavily on tbe sand and is expected to become a total wreck. She left London on February 15th, and was bound for Sydney. June 1. Parliament has been summoned to meet for the despatch of business on the sth July. Latest telegrams from Woollougong report that the captain and mate of the barque Queen of Nations refuse to leave the wreck. Their proceedings are said to be extraordinary.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3097, 1 June 1881, Page 3
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129SYDNEY. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3097, 1 June 1881, Page 3
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