A YACHT FOUNDERS.
SEVEN LI VICS LOST. MELBOURNE, April 5. The yacht Queenie, owned and sailed by Mr John Clarke, manager of the Melbourne Steamship Company's Works, left Williamstown on Friday, having on board the owner, his four sons, a youth named Reginald Johnston, and a man named Allen. The craft was found sunk at the entrance of the Werribee- River, and Allen's body .was entangled in the rigging. All the seven occupants are believed to have been drowned. The Queenie took part in the Sorrento regatta on Saturday, and won the principal race. It is supposed that she foundered during A heavy squall that occurred on Monday. All the bodies of those on board the Queeme J>a.na Wm recovered*
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Otago Witness, Issue 2355, 13 April 1899, Page 17
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120A YACHT FOUNDERS. Otago Witness, Issue 2355, 13 April 1899, Page 17
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