WRECK OF THE RIFLEMAN.
By the arrival of a gentleman yesterday from the Great Barrier, we learn that the rumor circulated on Monday lost respecting the wreck of the three-masted schooner Rifleman at t^e Great Barrier is correct. The echooner left hero on the 29th ultimo for the Chatham Islands, and that night, it coming on to blow a strong south-west gale, the master of the vessel deemed it advisable to run for the Barrier for shelter. It was Captain Hobbß's intention to have brought up in Tryphena Bay. but owiug to the darkness of the Bight he mistook the harbor and ran into Blind Bay, and before Captain Hobbs noticed Ms mistake the vessel went ashore, striking heavily. The schooner is considerably damaged, and there is little hope of her being got off again. The crew managed to get ashore all safe. When our informant left the men were engaged in stripping the vessel of her sails, rigging, and everything of value. — " Southern Cross," September 6.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3301, 13 September 1871, Page 2
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WRECK OF THE RIFLEMAN.
Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3301, 13 September 1871, Page 2
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