BRIEF MESSAGES TELL STORY OF WRECK.
It seems that the first message received from the illfated ship was as follows:
“ Thick weather, struck Long Point, and fast.” The second message came at 12.45 a.m. It read: — “ Ship taken big list; all lady passengers and most men in boats; thick weather; long swell; boats lying easily close to ship; ship making water in stokehole and forward holds. Position Long Point, close to Nuggets.”
There came at 9 a.m. the following message, which pleased yet saddened the hearts of the executive officers of the Union Steam Ship Company :— " All passengers and crew landed at Long Point. Ship total loss; practically submerged; nothing saved.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18946, 17 December 1929, Page 1
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