A SCOW CAPSIZED.
NELSON, June 2. A telephone message received to-night stated that two men in a launch, at 4 o’clock, this afternoon, saw a twin-screw scow upside down on a spit about throe miles east of Cape Farewell lighthouse. The vessel’s naine board was missing, and there is no sign of the crew. June 3. The scow which was found upside down on a spit about three miles oast of Capo Farewell lighthouse has not yet been identified, but there is every reason to believe it >s the Southern Isle. The Southern Isle left Paponga for Picton on Sunday with a cargo of coal. NELSON, Juno 5. The Southern Isle carried a crew of five, consisting of:— C. Gibson (master), Nelson; A. Foster (engineer), Picton; C. Montoith (A. 8.), Blenheim; J. Clifton (A. 8.), and a cook, whose name is unknown. A party from Nelson reached, the wreck yesterday, and searched for the crew, or whom no trace earn bo found. The Southern Isle left North C«pe for Picton on Sunday week, laden with coal, and it is believed she met with bad weather early in the week. WELLINGTON, June 5. The Minister of Marino has despatched the Janie Soddon in search of the crew of the Southern Isle, the scow wrecked at Farewell Spit. It is thought that possibly they may have been blown out to sea in the shin’s boats. *
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Otago Witness, Issue 3247, 7 June 1916, Page 49
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233A SCOW CAPSIZED. Otago Witness, Issue 3247, 7 June 1916, Page 49
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