THE MISSING LINER.
WHAT THE CYCLONE WAS LIKE, EXPERIENCES OF THE BULLAFtA. Ily Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (lice. April 3, 0.15 a.m.) Perth, April 2. Communication with lir.iome, which was interrupted by tlio recent storm, has been restored. Tin; captain of the. sloanicr linllarn reports that he left. Ualln Ilulla half an hour before tlio missing strainer Konmliana. liei'oro nailing the (wo captains conferred on tlio weather, and eventually decided (0 risk it. A few hours later they struck tho cyclone. The llullara put nut licr storm anchor, will) twelvo t'atlioms of cliain. Oil was poured on tho water, and Hiid considerably reduced the waves. Tho forco of the wind was so great that it carried away tlio liullara's funnel. Tho Bullara and tho missing steamer Koombana botli belong to the Adelaide Steamship Company. Tho Ihillara, which camo safely through the storm, is a. vessel of 1725 tons gross, less than half tho sizo of the Koombana.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1405, 3 April 1912, Page 5
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