WRECK OF THE FOREST HALL.
ALLEGATIONS OP DRUNKENNESS. By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 7. The officers and crew of the threemasted ship, Forest Hall, which went ashore at Mangonui, twenty miles south of Cape Maria Van Diemen, on February 27th, arrived at Auckland this morning by the steamer Chelmsford from Parengarenga. The number all told was 25, but three deserted at Parengarenga. The men state that their experiences were not of a very trying nature. Captain J. F. Collins, when interviewed, stated that the vessel was 1 three weeks out from Newcastle, when the New Zealand coast was sighted at daylight on Saturday week last, but declined to make any statement as to what took place between that time and the striking of'land afc 9.30 a.m. The crew were able to save most of their personal belongings. The freight comprised 3,127 tons of coal, and this also was lost. After camping for a few days in the vicinity of the wreck all hands went to Parengarenga. The captain was not able to say whether the vessel or her cargo is insured. Members of the crew are reticent a's to what occurred subsequent to and after the wreck, but certain allegations of drunkenness are made.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3132, 8 March 1909, Page 4
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204WRECK OF THE FOREST HALL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3132, 8 March 1909, Page 4
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