WRECK OF A KETCH. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wyndham, 17th July.
Tho ketch Eliza M'Phee, Captain Campbell, bonud from Dunedin to lnvefcargill, dragged her anchors in Waikawa Harbour on Friday night, at 10 o'clock, and went ashore on the beach. No lives were loat. The cook (a German) was washed into tha breakers, and had a very narrow escape. The captain and crew saved their lives in the boat at great risk. The vessel is believed' to be the property of the captain, and is not insrred. ihe cargo consists of iron and leac, so there ia little hope of its being saved. The captain and crow are doing . their utmost to sacure tho wreckage coming ashore. i
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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 15, 18 July 1881, Page 2
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117WRECK OF A KETCH. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wyndham, 17th July. Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 15, 18 July 1881, Page 2
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