A WRECK OF 1873.
DISCOVERIES BY A DIVER. ENGINES IN EXCELLENT PBESERVATION. A FIND "OF LIQUOR. / [United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Saturday. " The wreck of the Rangitoto, which sank N off Jackson's head in 1873, . was recently visited by a diver in search of the cargo of copper plates the vessel was supposed to carry. The steamer was found overgrown with kelp, and the engines were in a remarkable state of preservation, but thickly encrusted with, submarine growth. No copper was found, but the after-hold contained a large quantity of liquor of varkfas sorts. Some was sampled, and wzs found to have mi proved by submersion . except the brandy. No money was discovered in the strong room, having been removed when th 9 vessel was abandoned.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 July 1907, Page 2
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125A WRECK OF 1873. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 July 1907, Page 2
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