SCHOONER ALERT.
How She Foundered. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT (Received 10.30 p.m., July 10.) SUVA, July 10. Tho story of the wreck of the Alert was told by Captain McDonald, the chief owner, to-day. The ship was loaded with copra at Anabai and proceeded to Futu. The weather was tine and loading was in progress ‘when the wind shifted at 4 a.m. on June 10 a heavy squall came down and despite her anchors the schooner drifted squarely ashore on a reef. All hands were saved in the ship’s boat. The gale raged three days and the schooner broke in two. Subsequently tho hull was sold to the Tongan Government for £2O. The passengers and crew of the Tofua subscribed £7B for the relief of the Alert’s crew. Most of the schooner’s sails and provisions were salvaged, also a portion of the crew’s belongings. [A message yesterday stated that the American schooner Alert became a total wreck on the island of Niuafoou whilst loading copra.]
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 11 July 1923, Page 8
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