A SUPPOSED WRICK.
(Per United Press Association:) WELLINGTON,; August 20. : The Officers of the s.s. Queen of the South, which arrived from the east coast stations to-day, brings news of the, finding of wreckage on the beaches there, which seems to suggest the loss of some vessel during the late heavy weather, unless the finds. can be ';accounteu for by the washing away of an extensive deck cargo. . When the steamer called .at Glenbuhi. the hands on /Mr P. ; Moore's' station reported that for the past i week bundles pf.brooms.and cases of oranges ! and kerosene had been washed ashore at reI gular . intervals. When the vessel reached "Flat Point station the hands reported that cases of oranges,; pots of paint, and cabin doors had been washed up .on the beach. At i Urite again it was stated that several cases | of oranges and pots of paint had been discovered on the beach; There were no clues ' which could account for this strange circum--;'stance or indicate the identity of the' vessel I to which the cargo belonged.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11198, 22 August 1898, Page 2
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176A SUPPOSED WRICK. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11198, 22 August 1898, Page 2
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