"SINKING FAST”
MESSAGE IN BOTTLE PICKED UP ON BEACH IS IT FROM THE RIPPLE 7 Per Press Association.'. NAPIER, December 8. The following message, in a corked bottle, was picked up on Mohaka beach on Sunday : “S.S. Ripple. Engine trouble. Dark and stormy night. Sinking fast. One boat got away, but don’t think it will reach shore. —Engineer Neilson.” The manager of Richardson and Co. is comparing the message with Neilson’s handwriting. He doubts whether it is a genuine message from the ill-fated Ripple. '
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12315, 9 December 1925, Page 7
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