YACHT WRECKED ON REEF
Mysterious Island Tragedy By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received November 26, 6.30 p.m.) SUVA, November 26. A mysterious sea tragedy was disclosed by the discovery on Sunday of the small American sailing yacht “Wing On” wrecked on a reef at Visoqo, a remote part of the island of Vanualevu. The dead bodies of a man and a woman were aboard and one man is believed to have been burled at sea. The sole survivor, a woman, is believed to be Fem Thomson of Salt Lake City, but the name Is uncertain. She has been taken to hospital gravely ill. Salvage is being attempted. There are no particulars available concerning the origin of the vessel or where she was bound.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21822, 27 November 1940, Page 5
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