SECOND EDITION. DISCOVERY OF WRECKAGE
' SUPPOSED LOSS OF A SHIP. ; Tho Customq officer at Mongonui, Noith i of Auckland, reported to tho Marine Depart1 men t to-day that a large quantity of wreokag e, apparr-iitly belonging' to a vessel of considerable tonnage, had been found in Spirits Bay, olobo to tho North Capo. Amongst tho wreckage is a board painted white, with the words " County of Carnarvon " in large gilt lottors. Thoro ifl overy reason to frar from tho abovo information that the ship County of Carnarvon, which loft Newcastle (N.S.W.), for Valparaino, on Ist Juno, has come to grief. She was a vessel of 1257 tons, and waa under tho command of Captain Roberts. She was built by Messrs. R. and J. Evans at Liverpool in 1877, and is owned by Messrs. W. Thomai and Co., of that port. Her dimensions are a.v follows:— Lonsth, 227 ft Cm; beam, 37ft ; depth, 22ft sin. She was classed 100 aI at Llovd'H.
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Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 85, 7 October 1889, Page 3
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161SECOND EDITION. DISCOVERY OF WRECKAGE Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 85, 7 October 1889, Page 3
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