A TERRIFIC GALE.
THE TAVIUNI HAS A ROUGH TIME. THE SECOND OFFICER LOST OVERBOARD. (Per Press Association.—Copyriyht.) Sydney, This day. The steamer Warrimoo brings news that the steamer Taviuni ran into a gale of cyclone force after leaving Sydney on her island tour. The second officer, Rowe, a native of Sydney, was washed overboard and drowned while assisting to secure the starboard ash shoot. In rounding the vessel to after the accident the a heavy sea struck her, smashing several of the boats.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 447, 11 October 1897, Page 3
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83A TERRIFIC GALE. Hastings Standard, Issue 447, 11 October 1897, Page 3
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