WRECK OF A SCHOONER.
(/' J" /'Ci .-■< ( '•■I'lll l'llit.) TiirnsDAY Ixkani>. April 7. The steamer has brought the crew and passengers of the schooner My rt'.e. wricked on the Harrier reef near Lizard Island. Onty brief detail- are to hand, but it is understood that all were saved. The vessel is likely to become a total wreck. No lives were lost in the wreck of the Myrtle. The Warn £0 took a number of passengers and the crew of! a small island where they had taken refuge and re<eiud the remainder, except the mate and -i amen who refused to le;;\\. the wrot'k. and brought them all to Thursday I-Lmd. The pusseng*-r< include a number of sick New (iuinea miners. : Tlie Myrtle struck the reef on the iih ! inst.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 292, 8 April 1897, Page 3
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128WRECK OF A SCHOONER. Hastings Standard, Issue 292, 8 April 1897, Page 3
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