A BARQUE IN A GALE.
(PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, May 28. The barque Royal Tar, from Kaipara to Melbourne, with timber, met a heavy north-east gale 221 miles west of Kaipara. All movables were washed overboard, and ' the'deck cargo shifted. There were 5 feet of water in the hold, and the deck cargo was jettisoned A steam-donkey pumped the vessel dry, but finding she was making more water than ordinarily, it was decided to put into Auckland, where the vessel 'arrived this afternoon.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 100, 29 May 1900, Page 2
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83A BARQUE IN A GALE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 100, 29 May 1900, Page 2
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