WRECK OF THE "JOSEPH CRIPPS"

We regret to have to state that this schooner, 78 tons, Captain LEATHART, has been totally lost. The occurrence took place at Long Point, Hawkes Bay on the 11th June. After having encountered rough
weather for a week previously, on that day the schooner was caught in a gale, and after and unsuccessful effort to beat her out of the Bay, it was deemed necessary to beach her in order to save the lives of those on board.  Happily no life was lost, but the vessel is a total wreck, and her cargo (the principal part of which was about six hundred bushels of wheat) is wholly lost.  The vessel however was insured.

Transcribed from The New Zealander of 5 July 1851.

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