A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.
THE COUNTY OF CARNARVON. / ■ (per press association.) Wan.ianui, December 27. Mr Pinyoo, a well-known resident here, found on the bcaoh, two miles from the Heads yesterday, a corked bottle containing the following pencilled message:— “Ship County of Carnarvon, September 3, 18S9. Anyone who shall find this bottle "ill earn the dying blessing of three men who do not expect to live an hour, by letting our friendß and relations know our fate. We are sinking fast. All hands but ue three were washed overboard last night. We were dismasted, and binuaclo3 and everything washed away by one sea. Every sea washed over the dock, fore and aft. I don’t know where we are, but by the skipper’s reckoning midday yesterday, we were about 100 miles from New Zealand. We have been sinking fast ever since the squall struck us. May God help us, for we may sink at any minute.— George Weight. The other men with me are Vincent Wallace and James King.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZMAIL18900103.2.75
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Mail, Issue 931, 3 January 1890, Page 20
Word Count
168A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. New Zealand Mail, Issue 931, 3 January 1890, Page 20
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.