WRECK OF THE QUEEN BEE.
Late on Tuesday night Messrs, N. Edwards and Co., of Nelson, received the follomng*telegram f rom Motueka : — "The ship Queen Bee struck on Farewell Spit last (Monday) night, and had 10ft. of water in her hold when we left. Send assistance immediately." No further particulars are yet known. The steamers Lyttelton and Lady Barkly were at once despatched from Nelson to the ship's assistance. The Queen Bee ha 330 passengers and a large cargo for Nelson. .. • . '.. A Nelson telegram, forwarded Wednesday morning, says:— The ship Queen Bee, from London, struck on the Farewell Spit at midnight on Monday. A boat in charge of tho sesond mate arrived at Motueka and telegraphed to the agent for assistance. As far. -as ia known yet no lives were lest. ; We learned from Nelson last night that a telegram from Motueka re the Queen Bee says: —"Passengers still ou board when the boat
left, it being too dark U find a landing place. There appears to be no chance of saying the ▼essel, her back being broken, and she is bumpjmr heavily."
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Otago Witness, Issue 1341, 11 August 1877, Page 10
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183WRECK OF THE QUEEN BEE. Otago Witness, Issue 1341, 11 August 1877, Page 10
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