WRECK AT THE CAROLINES.
THURSDAY ISLAND; March 13. Details of the wreck of the steamer Muenchpn at the Caroline Islands .show that while going into a narrow (passage at the entrance of Yap Harbour,- she was caught by a sudden ’> squall and struck on a coral patch, -where she remained fast. Several big holes, were knocked in the bottom of . the vessel. Boats were lowered, and the-passengers were taken ashore first; the others ■were then saved. Great peril attended the work, but good! discipline was maintained. The mails and some cargo were saved, but passengers lost heavily.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4305, 14 March 1901, Page 5
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