AN ISLAND WRECK.
PROBABLE LOSS OF 32 LIVES,
The Fiji Times of February 27 says : "News was received on Saturday from Levuka, per cable, that parts of the cutter Tui Deuba had been washed ashore at Savu Savu Bay. The steamer Ranadi searched the Namena Barrier Reef and the reefs up to Bua, but without seeing any signs of l ; fe or wreckage. The Tui Deuba left Suva on 3rd February for Dreketi with £7 Queensland Kanakas, 25 of whom were indentured to Messrs Morris, Hedstrom and Co., and the remaining two to Mi Symonds, of Dreketi. Since her departure no news whatever has been received ot ncr voyage, and her non-return made her i wner (Mr Arthur Joske) a little at-s ous as to the safety of the vessel aud those ori board. The captain of the cutter was a Fijian named Saveaca, and Mr Joske describes him as a most reliable and faithful fellow. He was accompanied by a crew of five men. The vessel was about 25 tons register, and m good sea-going order. As to the fate of the unfortunate crew. -and' passengers their welfare looks exceedingly ominous.' '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10919, 13 March 1907, Page 6 (Supplement)
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192AN ISLAND WRECK. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10919, 13 March 1907, Page 6 (Supplement)
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