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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10969, 18 July 1898, Page 4

Health, Parity, and Bilßhtnen In the honiehoHby n»ln<{ Sunfloweb BOAP. The Sydney Morning Herald has the following with regard to the reoent boatlop aooldent at Thlo, New Caledonia, la wbloh 14 Bailors were drowned or devoured by ebaiks :— News reached Nonmea on Jane 22ad, by wire from Thlo, that a boat belonging to tbe Basßlan ship Bay of Naples had capsized oa the Thio bar and tbat 14 of the crew, wbo were In the boat reinrDlßf, to their ship, were drowned, and the boat was fonnd ashore bottom np on a Brazil Island at tbe entrance of the tiver, I) appears tbat these nnfortanate eallora came asbore on leave, being their Crßt landing after font months at sea. There bad been an entertainment at Thlo to oelebrate tbe Franoo'Rnsslan alltanoe, end It was dark wbon the men returned to their boat, whlob, with 11b living freight, came to grief. As tbe currents are very strong at tbli plaoe, It web lmpoißlble that anyone oonld be saved. Besides, the spot is an Isolated one, and no assistance at band ; another danger being that the Bharks owarm In this locality. When fonnd, the bo»(i wai surrounded by them. Upon teoetpt of this sad news tbe shipping and business houses omled their flsgn at half-mast for two days, and n public subscription In aid of tbe widows and orphans of the viotlms has been staited.