A MISSING CRAFT.
Many Standard" readers will recollect tho little sloop Spray, in which' Captain Slocum was making long sea voyages some years ago. Nothing has been hoard of the Spray for a considerable timo, and it. is feared she has boon run down by a steamer. Tho little oraffc and her intrepid skipper have not been heard of since tho day, over two years ago, that ho set sail from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, for a trip to tho West Indies. Tho captain started on his world-encircling voyage in 1895, and his absence was intended to extend over a period of.three years, No word was heard from him for several months during 1908, and he was then given up as lost. But tho gallant littlo Spray turned up all right at Newport, Rhode Island. It is just possible that tho lone skipper may be still'voyaging among the islands of tho southern ocean, but Mrs Slocum is reconciled to tho fact that the lono' mariner has met his fate, being firmly convinced that the Spray has been run down by a steamer at night.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9542, 20 June 1911, Page 2
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183A MISSING CRAFT. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9542, 20 June 1911, Page 2
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