A Ketch Wrecked.
TOTAL LOSS—THREE MEN DROWNED. Wellington, last night. The hatch Colonist rah ashore near here this morning, and speedily broke up. ' There were four persons on board, three of whom, including the captain, were drowned. The vessel was bound from Lyttelton to Waitara, and when off Cape Campbell the rudder was lost. The captain then made for Wellington, and dropped anchor near the old pilot station, but soon afterwards the vessel dragged her anchor, and went on the rooks.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 190, 1 September 1888, Page 2
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81A Ketch Wrecked. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 190, 1 September 1888, Page 2
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