A DERELICT.
HULL OF HELEN B. STERLING. (Pjeb- Pittas Association.) AUCKLAND. January 15. The “ Herald’s ” Suva correspondent states that the hull of the schooner Helen B. Sterling, which was abandoned off Cape Maria Van Diemen in January. 1922, has drifted on to Mid- ; die ton reef. 300 miles east of Clarence j river. New South Wales. The captain of the steamer Suva reports that the derelict lias been carried over the reef into the lagoon. He was of opinion that ic would not require a very heavy sea to put the hull over the reef and set it adrift again, to become a danger tc shipping.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16941, 16 January 1923, Page 9
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106A DERELICT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16941, 16 January 1923, Page 9
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