CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.]
LOSS OF THE OAKBURN.
DETAILS OF THE WRECK. TWO CHINAMEN LOSE THEIR LIVES. [PRZSS ASSOCIATION.] (Received June 15, 7.31 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Cape mail brings details of the loss of the steamer Oakburn, which left New York for Sydney and Wellington on the 18th April, and was wrecked off Duckerpoint, Capo Colony, on tho 21st May. The vessel was wrecked in thick weather at 6.30 o'clock in the morning. Tho steamer was going at full speed, when those on board were startled by an awful thud. The steamer commenced to fill immediately. Boats were hastily lowered, and the forty souls aboard, including the captain's wife and two children and a lady companion, safely reached the shore. Two Chinamen lost their lives. One attempted to swim . ashore, and Was drowned, and the other was crushed to death between a boat and the vessel's side. The majority of the crew were, nsleep, and had only time to snatch up a few clothes. The ladies escaped in their nightdresses.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 141, 15 June 1906, Page 5
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173CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.] LOSS OF THE OAKBURN. Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 141, 15 June 1906, Page 5
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