LOST IN A STORM.
LAST REPORT Of CHRISTINA FRASER. (Received July 3, 7.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 3. The log of the steamer Koranui, submitted to the Navigation Department tc-day, states that she sighted the Christina Fraser at 1.50 a.m. on June 24, 7£ miles south of Gabo, in a howling gale. The two vessels were a mile apart, and both hove to. The master of the Koranui saw A huge sea suddenly blot out the Christina Fraser's lights, after Which there Was no sign of her. WRECKAGE EXAMINED. SYDNEY, July 3. The reports of wreckage found near Rame Head have been investigated, and the wreckage has been definitely identified as not belonging to the Christina Fraser. [The 700-ton collier Christina Fraser, with a crew of 17, was on her way from Bulli, New South Wales, to Geelong, Victoria, when she disappeared a week ago. Aeroplanes and steamers have been searching for her for Severnl days.J
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20898, 4 July 1933, Page 9
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