WRECK OF THE SURPRISE.
The. scow Surprise, reported to have r been wreckied at Qhui, was recently pur. 1 chased by Messrs Robb Bros., of Gis- - borne, for the Whangarei-Gisborne coal : trade. She was in commarid of Captain f Galrienne, with a crew of five, and left 1 Gi_borne on the llth inst. for Tairua, ' this being the completion of her first trip ■ under her new ownership. I Mr Robt. Robb this afternoon, received " the following advice from Auckland:— "Scow Surprise, which was sheltering Slipper Island, blown ashore on- rocks Sunday ; total wreck. . Captain, mate, and two seamen drowned. Harry Jackson saved." -;? .. ' -. The Surprise was insured for £650 in the New Zealarid office. Mr Robb esti- . mates his loss at £400 above that amount. [ The Surprise, which was a vessel of 80 > tons, was under charter on her present j voyage to Messrs Evans, Nield and Co., : who this afternoon engaged another vessel to take her running. Slipper Island, where the casualty oc- . curred, is situate just off Tairua Heads. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. • The crew of the" Surprise consisted of J. T. Gallienne (master), J. W. Jackson (aged ,20), A. Stewart (19), E. Johansen (19), W? Kelly (17). - __^mma^_^_^_^^_^mmmimmmw^
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11122, 23 July 1907, Page 3
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202WRECK OF THE SURPRISE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11122, 23 July 1907, Page 3
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