A STEAMER FOUNDERS
EIGHT sOF CREW DROWNED
THE CAPTAIN SATED
LONDON, February 13, The three-masted cargo steamer "My Own." laden with cement, was struck by 'heavy' ajaas. The hatches were smashed and admitted water to the hold, as a result of -which the vessel sank at Shorehjam. The crew of eight were drowned. The captain clung to the rigging till morning and was rescued by a lifeboat.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20012, 16 February 1914, Page 5
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67A STEAMER FOUNDERS Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20012, 16 February 1914, Page 5
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