SECOND EDITION.
MOTOR LAUNCH MISSINC. WITH EIGHTEEN PASSENGERS AND CREW. DISAPPEARS IN A HEAVY GALE. HER FATE A MYSTERY. Per Press Association. NELSON. This Day. The Chief Postmaster has rcoeived the appended telegram from the postmaster at Takaka, who :» i;i telephonic communication with the lighthouse at Farewell Spit: — "A motor yacht left Collingwood for. Farewell Spit lighthouse at 5 a.m. yesterday with 18 passengers and a crew aboard, including Mr Bean, postmaster at Collingwood, his son, and a cadet named Robins. "After the start intending to land at the lighthouse, the rest to go fishing, she went aground at the lighthouse." [This part of the telegram is not clear.].* "At 11 p.m! the party wont aboard her. She was at anchor at 8 this morning, but at 9 a.m. the Farewell Spit lighthouse-keeper looked for her and could : not see any sign of her whereabouts. "It was blowing a heavy gale from the northward at the Spit. "Orders have been sent to the Takalca postmaster to take charge at Collingwood, and if there arc no further developments by ta-night Mr Senn, Chief Postmaster, and two officials, will go there. "The motor launch has either, been swamped .or driven out to sea. It is hoped that, she may sheltering somewhere, but grave anxiety is felt for her fate."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8453, 2 December 1907, Page 8
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217SECOND EDITION. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8453, 2 December 1907, Page 8
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