Wreck of the Alma.
ABKIVAL OF THE CREW AT * ai^iWBANGABAA.- --' (BY TBIiKOBAPH.) [PRE UNjy5PD 5 3?RBflS AsSQOIATiONI.J ' AUOKX AND. -AUgUSt 27. Captain James jgaterson [and crew, consisting of six men,- of the threemasted seJkqonerj Almaj ,a,tf Whangaroa m a small open boat on Friday last. They report the total wreck of %.Yes i sel op. a^horal reef, 800, miles from the "coast of Queensland. The reef is^ffif lat 'hip water^ and is^mlßnc^anjh^^^hMras^ Elizabeth Reef." TheyesseLstruckiat midnight* and the next morning the barque Aftonpibomidjfor'PortlandjOregonr'hove" m sight . Signal* were made, ; andjshe bore down to them, aad took them on board, landing them oh' the coastinorth of Mpngannt The /Alma^was on a yoyage'frbm 1 Wpnganulto Rpchampton, laden with toniber.' iHafl not the barqu% Aftonaol appeared/ ithe^ crew might have, endured great hardships, as the freshwater was al| spoiled irith the satti S: : ! 7 ' ;; ' J ' 1 "'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 227, 28 August 1883, Page 3
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142Wreck of the Alma. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 227, 28 August 1883, Page 3
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