DISASTER AT SEA
TWO LIFEBOATS PICKED UP
CREW OF SIXTY ON BOARD BEING TAKEN TO NELSON BY THE REGULUS. (11 TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) . , NELSON, This Day. Information was received by Mr. Gee, Chief Postmaster, at noon to-day that the steamer Regulus had passed Xi'areweU Spit at 11.10 this morning, towing two large lifeboats. The message concluded with the word "sixty." Whether this means the number of men in the boats is a matter for conjecture. The Regulus left Nelson for,, the West Coast ports last night, and should reach port at 5 o'clock this afternoon. ■.LATER. Mir. Dyson, acting manager of the Anchor Company, has been advised that the word . "sixty" in previous message ■ refers to number of the shipwrecked crew. He states that the Regulus left at 10 o'clock last- evening, and would pass the Spit at 3,30 this morning,' and Cape Farewell at 5.30. As she passed the Cape on her return at 11.10 she probably picked up the shipwrecked crew somewhere between Cape Farewell and Kahurangi Lighthouse, unless the vessel's course ways diverted, which is unlikely, owing to tlje thick weather; ■
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 68, 18 September 1917, Page 8
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183DISASTER AT SEA Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 68, 18 September 1917, Page 8
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