PEARLING FLEET DISASTER.
EOTDIATED LOSS OF THIRTY VESSELS. United Frees Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. PERTH, May 1. Latest reports make the number ot pearling vessels wrecked 30; but tihds iuHriber may bo reduced , . Several boate have returned to port in a cripplod condition., whilst, others may be sheltering.
Wreckage was met with 100 miles from the scene of the disaster. Some of the members of the crew of a search vessel drifted into a sea of wreckage, and had many narrow escapes. It is estimated that* the lose to the Broome fleet alone ie from fifteen to, twenty thousand pounds. A wire from Condon reports the wreck of the lugger Cleopatra. Three persons were drowned. Gasgih, one of t>be whites who was drowned was a New Zealander.
CABLE NEWS.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13105, 2 May 1908, Page 9
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