A DISABLED SHIP. DRIVEN OUT, OF IlEIt COURSE. QUANTITY OP CARGO JETTISONED [dy teleouaph«— raws association.] AUCKLAND, This Day. Tho ship Astracan, from Geelong, bound to Alcoa Bay with 2470 tons wheat i arrived horo m a disabled condition. She was driven fur out of her course by adverso weather in the Tasman Sea. Tlireo weeks ngo when off the Cook Straits she encountered a lwrricano for two days, and shipped very heavy seas. Tho cabins were flooded, and the bul..warks, nautical instrumeuls, several sails, nnd two yards were carried away. A large amount of cargo was jettisoned. The vessel is leaking a little.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 49, 26 August 1904, Page 6
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