LOSS OF A LINER.
PASSEXGEHS AND CKEW SAFE
(Te^ived I, 9.30 am) SYDNLY, April I. was received frcm Perth at at. early h. )ur ,|..- 8 mon iDg thafc tfce Aberd een liver Peric es had snr ; k ofi blinders Bay, Cape Leewin. All tht passengen and crew landed in tin vicinity of the Leewia lighthoue -he Peric'es . was henic-war.l bound with a full complement ot passengers and a valuable c:irgo from .Brisbane. £ydney, Hobart, Melbourne and Perth The Pcricle3 was notic«d yesterday afternoon, six miles south of the I-oewin lighthouse, flying signals ot j distress. Her bows wire wail under and her stern high out of the water Boats were leaving loaded with wotuej. aad children.
'I he steamer gradually drifted olosc-j m and struck a rock and sauk three miles- off Leewin. Meantime all aboard were safe on the boats. A. later report from Karridale states that about 80 women and children passengers arrived there from Fliuders Ba/ aud are receiving every attention, kvery house in Karrida'e is full of castaways. The women fa< hayed splendidly. There was no panic or impediment in the work of rescue. Ihe passengers and crew lost everything but what they stood ia. AH are in coed health
One boat put off from the wreck with three oara and no ping or rudder I It reached land, having been shored by an oar. There ore no details yet a3 to (Le cause of the disasb r The scene of the wreck is a ramote and unsettled part of the coast. A steamer left Bnnbnry last night for Flinders Bay and takes the castaways to Freemantle.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5490, 1 April 1910, Page 3
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271LOSS OF A LINER. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5490, 1 April 1910, Page 3
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