STORM ON THE AUSTRALIAN COAST.
TWO MARINE DIBABTEEB. ' A BARQUE WBEUKED. HARDSHIPS 6F THE CREWS. [UNITED P3KSB ABBOCIATIOR.] SybNKt, June 10. There war« renewal of the (rale { and heavy rain fell. The schooner Jane foundered at 1 Nelson's Bay, The orew were saved. » Niwoasizb, Jane 10. ) The steamer McLeay landed tha j crew of the barque Harvester, bound from Table Bay to Newcastle. The barque was wrecked on the Seal Recks on PriJay night, and the steamer pioked up the boata yesterday morning. The Harvester had very bad weather along the coast. She was standing m to the shore when she struck the Seal Rock at mid-night. The captain saw the light, and was about to throw fhe chip round, when the disaster occurred. The ship slipped off the rock and commenoed to founder as the men were getting ) away. ° 1 They had a bad time m the boats until picked up.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIV, Issue 135, 11 June 1900, Page 2
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152STORM ON THE AUSTRALIAN COAST. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIV, Issue 135, 11 June 1900, Page 2
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