STEAMER FOUNDERS.
NO TRACE OF CREW.
SYDNEY, April 4. Advice was received late to-night that tho steamer Dorrigo, a wellknown coaster, had foundered during a gale olf the Queensland coast near Maryborough. The captain and his son were found clinging to an overturned ship's boat, but so far thero is no trace of tho other members of tho crew.
Search steamers are out, but they report no success. Wireless messages have been broadcast, asking steamers in tho vicinity to keep a look-out for further survivors, who may be clinging to wreckage. So far thero are no details.—Press Association.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 106, 5 April 1926, Page 8
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98STEAMER FOUNDERS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 106, 5 April 1926, Page 8
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