LUGGER OVERWHELMED
SUNK BY A WATERSPOUT,
(UNHID FRISS ASSOCIATION.—COFTRICBT.i
(Received March n4, .10.30 a.m.) 1
THURSDAY ISLAND, 3rd March,
A,waterspout formed at the rear of the lugger Upton, and overwhelmed her, and she sunk off «Dhu reef. Her crew) of five Japanese_and three Aboriginals swam five miles to the reef for safety,. and were picked up after three days by the Rioazul. >
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1922, Page 5
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