Country of Ayr Disaster
; Statement by tha Captain ! Ship Eiivelopeil in Foa , _ ■ ■ r 1 By Telegraph.—Prcta Aneooiation. Ddnbdin, this day, I The Captain of the County of Ayr states that there was a denso fog and the vessel 1 got into tho breakers near' the Moerak ■ lighthouse. He was below at tho time' and when he was called ho mado oiloris tb head tho vessel to sea, but these proved futile, and she bumped heavily, and whon abandoned had three foot of wator in tho hold, They could not land, and tho boat stood out to sea, Tbe Talnne passed thorn, but thoy could not attract bor attention, and coiild find no landing place. The tug Koputai afterwards picked them up.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1463, 23 October 1905, Page 2
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121Country of Ayr Disaster Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1463, 23 October 1905, Page 2
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