DANGERS OF THE SEA.
BARQUE GAEL ABANDONED, ONE BOAT LOAD RESCUED. CAPTAIN'S BOAT ADRIFT. By Elcctno Telegraph.— Copyright. FREMANTLE, August 26. Tlio lighthouse-keeper at Cape Naturalise, about 100 miles south of Freraantle, reported in the iorenoon that * boat jiabscd within two miles, containing i-everal men. Subsequently a tug picked up the boat, which was towed to Bun bury. It proved to tie from the French barque Gael, from London to llobart, which was abandoned on Monday last 200 miles off Cape Leeuwin in a sinking condition. The boat containing the first and third officers and cloven members of the crew. All were in good health. The- second boat, containing the captain, the second officer and ten of the crew is still adrift. The boats parted on Monday night.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13994, 27 August 1909, Page 2
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128DANGERS OF THE SEA. Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13994, 27 August 1909, Page 2
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