GALE AT NEW GUINEA.
Press Association—By .Telegraph—Copyright. : COOKTOWN, December 21^'' "H '';." (Received; Dec. !21, at 9.20 a.m.) .'".
:A disastrous gale .has occurred at New Guinea, 11 small vessels being wrecked. , Mr Kennedy (manager of the New GuineaDevelopment Syndicate) ,and. a' nuniberp o' ' natives are reported to have been, drowned by-:the- capsizing iof' the ketch Beben. ■: • The -schooner. Ellen Gowan was also cap>
sized, Captain Godet and two others being drowned. ■•■■'■■'■ ;..'"":"■'■■■ : ■~■::■;;:-■.;
Fears are entertained for the safety of the schooner Wanawana,-with several passengers ■vboard. ; ; /: ' ■ ■"' :-; '•"'.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11303, 22 December 1898, Page 4
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