ABANDONED BARQUE.
CREW TAKE TO BOATS. THIRTEEN MEN LANDED. ONE BOAT STILL ADRIFT. Br Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Receded August 27. 1.20 a.m.) Perth, August 26. Tin: lighthouse-keeper at Cape Naturalist* reported this forenoon that a boat had passed within two miles of the lighthouse containing several men. Subsequently a tug picked up a boat and towed it to Bunbury. The boat proved to be from the French barque Gael, from London to Hobart, which was abandoned on Monday last 200 miles off Cape Leeuwin in a sinking condition. The boat contained the fir6t and third officers and 11 members of the crow. All are in good health. A second Boat, containing the captain, the second officer, and 10 of the crew, is still adrift. The boats parted on Monday night. The barque Gael is of 2301 tons burdon. She> was built at St. Nazaire, and is owned by the Celtique Maritime Company. Her port of registration is Nantes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14150, 27 August 1909, Page 5
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