WRECK OF BENANDRA.
OFFICERS EXONERATED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 7.30 p.m.) SYDNEY. April 8. The Marine Court has exonerated the master and officers of the small steamer Benandra, in connection with the wreck of the vessel at Moirouya* The Benandra minsed the high tide when going outwards at Morouya on March 26, Dut crossed the bar and encountered heavy breakers. She then struck on the sandspit, and, next sea turned her broadside on, and with the seas breaking over her she became a total, wreck. A passenger, William Ward, took refuge in the engineroom, which filled ' with water, and he was drowned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18680, 9 April 1924, Page 9
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