LOSS OF A BRITISH STEAMER AND TWENTY LIVES.
Tfce BBtislfcgteAiher Iscatftbia, Capta^j Purvis, with wheat for St Vincent, Pot-' tugal, capsized on tbe 13th ultimo, five miles outsid#'B4n Franciscb. 'Headf, and twenty of the crew were lost. The cause of] the i»«w imperfect stowagt. She was loaded with 2382 torn of wheat add 80 tons 1 .?£ p0a1. , ; Thp . coal was in s^cks, piled a'i nigh Ws'tW Widge, and •he was tqp-hejivv, sad w^ea struck /by a set outside, capsized. Tn<L pilot warned thie captain of tt« vessel tEat shejras not secure, but tS^^ijfe dism ssed him, Ten minutes. aft v the atea. m-r ■>&$ ild. * She W« V&« E icambia Company, Liverpool. At the Consular Cpuit inqriirjri ai v^dlct was reiurnedof losithrough perils of the sea. Great dissatisfaction itjtxpresaed at the Verdict being returned, as it will whitew^Bh Captain PurvU,, has, .escaped, and is very jubilant 6ver his prospects of foiae Home.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 18, 16 August 1882, Page 3
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151LOSS OF A BRITISH STEAMER AND TWENTY LIVES. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 18, 16 August 1882, Page 3
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