BARQUE'S STRANGE MISHAP.
The Liverpool barque Dimsdale arrived in the Tyno on November 6 and' reported that while on a voyage from Brazil to Australia she collided! with the Wonga Shoal Lighthouse, a wooden structure, which collapsed. There were two men on the lighthouse, and the Dimsdale launched her boats, but failed to find' the lighthousekeepers, who were evidently drowned. The lighthouse stood a great height, .being supported on huge piles. The Dimsdale was not seriously damaged.
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Mataura Ensign, 14 January 1914, Page 4
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77BARQUE'S STRANGE MISHAP. Mataura Ensign, 14 January 1914, Page 4
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