"Makoa" Wrecked
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Total Loss On Hull Island
From Our Correspondent.
SUVA, June 24.
THE well-known three masted auxiliary 1 schooner Makoa (250 tons) belonging to Burns Philp (South Sea) Co., was wrecked on Hull Island in the Phoenix Group on May 25. She became a total loss, but no lives were lost.
The Makoa, under the command of Captain C. Doughty, was engaged in trade between Western Samoa and the Phoenix Group. Only a few months ago, she underwent a most extensive overhaul in Suva.
The captain, mate (Mr. Thompson), and engin eer (Mr. Peterson), and crew of 13 islanders were brought to Suva by the Niagara. Mr. J. W.
Jones, Burns Philp’s new manager in the Phoenix group, and three carpenters from Apia, remained to erect the new store on Hull Island. All cargo was saved. (See reference to “Makoa” on page 33.)