CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT.]
WRECK OF THE AUSTRALIA. SALVAGE OI'KKATIONS .STOPPED. [rmtun AHooorATioN.l MKLBOUUNK, 22nd Juno. The pto.smstts of saving the oaivo of the Australia, which was -wrecked off l'oiiit Kenyan on Monday morning, now «l>[)«ir to bo very poor. A south-west gale and a high bcu. have been experienced lluougbout the day, «nd still continue. Tlio cajit:un anil the remainder of thoso on board wore tnken off early this morning. All salvage oporntions have been btopped. Thi? Austv«liiv lies broadsido on, exposed to the full foico of the gale. Already the wreck showw wigns of working considerably, and uulcm the weather improves it is almost coitain s-lie will break up. Only a hundred tons of cargo have been calved.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 148, 23 June 1904, Page 5
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122CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT.] Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 148, 23 June 1904, Page 5
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