AN OVERDUE SHIP.
FIFTY-FIVE DAYS OUT FROM PORT PIRIE TO WELLINGTON. [by telegraph.— association.] Wellington; Monday. Anxiety is being felt as to the safety of the ship Beacon Rock, now 55 days out from Port Pirie to Wellington. She left the Australian port with 1150 tons of concentrates and lead ores as ballast, and has not been heard of since. Fine weather prevailed off the south coast of Australia for some days after her departure, and since then strong westerly t gales have been experienced. Latterly there has been ugly weather from the south and north, and it is possible that she may have met with a mishap. On the 9th inst. the s.s. Rotomahana sighted a ship off Cape Campbell, the identity of which has not yet been established. It is suggested that the Government should despatch a steamer to search the coasts and the Chatham Islands for traces of the missing vessel.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11540, 27 November 1900, Page 5
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