“Marechal Foch” Wrecked in French Oceania

French Oceania

From Our Own Correspondent.

Papeete, Oct. 3.

NEWS has been received in Papeete of the wreck of the three-masted schoo ner “Marechal Foch,” on the reef at the western extremity of Raivavae Island, in the Austral Group, during a voyage taken while the vessel was acting as a tempor ary substitute for the “Ville de Papeete.”

Apparently no lives were lost in this mis fortune, but the full extent of the loss is not yet known with certainty. It is be lieved, however, that the schooner is a total wreck.

The “Marechal Foch” was at one time known as the yacht “Fisherman,” and was then owned by the celebrated fisherman, Mr. Zane Grey, who sold her to the late Pere Rougier, the owner of Christmas Island. For some years past she had been employed principally between San Francisco and Papeete, on work inciden tal to the running of the large coconut plantations on Christmas Island.

It is understood that the vessel was not covered by insurance.