DISASTER AT SEA.
LARGE TIDAL WAVE, THREE LIVES LOST. [Per Pkesß Association.] Dlufp, April 23, Arrived— Ketch Gratitude, from Macquarie Islands. During the voyage, on tho 26th instant, a tidal wave of exceptional size struck the vessel, washing overboard the cook, R. W. Green,a native of London, and a married man, whose ' family is residing at Devonport, East Tas- : mania, D, Henderson, 8.A,, a native of Scotland, and Portnick, a half-caste Maori, employed on the Island, and belonging to ' Colac Bay, near Riverton.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11952, 2 April 1894, Page 2
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83DISASTER AT SEA. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11952, 2 April 1894, Page 2
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