THE MISSING STEAMER DUCO.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 26 January 1911, Page 5

THE MISSING STEAMER DUCO.

LJ.FE BUOY 'FOUND NEAR D'URVILLE ISLAND.; .Or W. K. Turner, wlro was recently at the Sounds, informs us t'hat a Survey party found a life buoy on tiie beach :nt Greville Harbour, N.W. oi JV'Urvillc Island, which bore - tuc word ' Duco." The 131103- was in a Euod statu of preservation. Th-e lind ing of the buoy appear? to bear oul the assumption that' the Duco foundered in or near- Cook Strait a fev-, hours after leaving Wellington. From time to time there have been re l,oris of the discovery of articles belonging to 'tlie ill-fated steamer, Oul on investigation ;'„hesc reports nave vve believe in every .instance, been disproved. The -findiucr G 'f tire buoy in Greville Harbour appears to bt \hc first trace of anything from th° "•"teair.er. It is understood that .the ;.uoy is now on a launch running ir, the Sounds. •;