SMALL STEAMER IN DISTRESS
BREAKDOWN OFF AUSTRALIAN COAST
(Received March 10, 7.31 p.m.) BBISBANE, March 10. The freighter Nalpa (685 tons) is in distress through a breakdown off Double Island. The ship's present position is not causing alarm, but a strong north-east wind is setting her towards dangerous reeis. The liner Marella is standing by. This is the first occasion when a small vessel in the inter-state service in Queensland has been called upon to send an S.O.S. since the
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21729, 11 March 1936, Page 6
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