WRECK OF THE MAREEBA
A TRYING TIME. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, August 1. The llareciba wa.s driven hard in shoie. Heavy seas pouring over her stovo in her portholes ami made a hoie in 'the deck. Ilio signali; of distress ww; not observed, so the second officer and tho cook landed and made their way iriand to securu assistance. Tho crew reached Noweu&tlo lust night. Several are in a statft of collapse through their trying e.\pcrionc<K and their not being jjblo to got anything to eat all day. All the Iwatfi on the poii ride were .smashed, hut tho crow jnanaigcd to latmch a starboard lifeboat, and several men got away with it, but it capsized in the surf. However, they reached /;hore ftolv, and Jl lite-lino was then got ashore, and the crew landed. The captain remained aboard till a Jifc-saving brigade arrived in the ■afternoon. Tho cargo was a valuable ore, including a thousand tons of raw sugar.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14282, 3 August 1908, Page 5
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