A DISTRESSED VESSEL
VICTORIAN WHEAT SHIP IN
TROUBLE.
SEVEN LIVES LOST.
United Press Association—Copyright
(Received May 22, 7 p.m.)
SYDNEY, May 22
The Underwriters’ Association is adwised that the ship Nederland, which 'left Melbourne on March 23rd for the English Channel, wheat laden, put into 'Coquimbo, owing to stress of weather. 'The captain, second officer, and five seamen had been drowned.
[The Nederland is a ship of 1955 tons register. (She left Melbourne for the. English Channel for orders, with a 'cargo of 36,200 sacks of wheat. Coquimbo is a port in Chili, at the mouth t>f the river Coquimbo.]
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2509, 24 May 1909, Page 5
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100A DISTRESSED VESSEL Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2509, 24 May 1909, Page 5
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