A COASTER WRECKED.
BEACHED TO SAVE SINKING. HULL BADLY DAMAGED. BRISBANE, July 26. ! The UrilJa. one of the Adelaide Steamj ship Company's newest cargo steamers, i has struck a rock in Whitsunday Passage. • The v.ssel has been benched to prevent ' 'he sinking. f-iie i* biul.ly damaged. She j I lies in an awkward position, and it, will | he impossible, to tow her oj while the! present weather conditions continue. Nos. 1 and 3 holds are full of water. ! The crew is sate i The T"iil]a. a steel steamer of I^fi.s I grot-< tons, was hnili in 1907 hy Sir ißaylton Dixon and Co., Ltd.. at Middle.*- ---• lir<>'. I'ir lengiii i.-. 27"il't 7in. breadth I (On 4iil. ami depth ISii "ii.. The spot i where -he wh.s wrecked is a narrow 'passage between Whitsunday Island on* 'of tii" Ttnrnotus, and the maitikind. i _ __ J
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 179, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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143A COASTER WRECKED. Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 179, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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