WRECK IN BAHAMAS.

Wairarapa Age, 19 June 1936, Page 5

WRECK IN BAHAMAS.

BELIEVED TO BE GIRL PAT. MAGISTRATE TO INVESTIGATE. LONDON, June 17. A message received from Nassau, in the Bahamas, from Inagua Island confirms the finding of a vessel which is believed to be the missing trawler Girl Pat, and adds that the sloop Dove was attracted to her by the sight of the British flag. The vessel was found badly damaged on a reef. Three bodies lay on a ledge nearby, and there were also found suitcases, a Bible, and nautical instruments. Thq crew of the Dove buried the bodies. The Bahamas Government has cabled the nearest Magistrate to proceed to Samana Island and investigate. (On May 15 it was reported that Lloyd’s agents throughout the world had been asked to watch for the North Sea trawler Girl Pat. The Admiralty declared that the ship would be considered a pirate if it were proved that the captain and crew of four had seized her. Later the trawler called at Dakar, and left on May 26 without officially clearing the port. Quantities of food and water were obtained, but not paid for. Then the ship was believed to be heading for Cape Town, and an interview with the mate was reported in which he stated that treasure at Salvage Island was the goal. At sea 250 miles south of Dakar, the trawler was sighted off the Bissagos Islands about June 1. After that the master of the American vessel Lorraine Cross reported sighting her near Cayenne, flying a distress signal and reporting herself out of fuel and food.)