A SCHOONER WRECKED.
FOUR OF THE CREW DROWNED. Br Telegraph.—Press Association-Copyright. Sydney, July 24. The schooner Empress of India, Las been wrecked at Port Stephens. The crew of five men attempted to land in the vessel's boat, but it capsized, and the captain (Peter Williams), the cook (John Glceson), and Seamen Bernard and : Dowling were drowned. [The Empress of India was a wooden vessel, built at the Manning River, New South Wales, in 1877, and was owned by Mr. John Hibbard, of Sydney. She was 70.9 ft long, 20ft broad, and 6.Bft deep, with a tonnage of 62. . *&;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11433, 25 July 1900, Page 5
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98A SCHOONER WRECKED. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11433, 25 July 1900, Page 5
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