WRECK OF FOTINI CARRAS
DUE TO UNCHARTED ISLAND VESSEL BEING POUNDED TO PIECES 10 PA— Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright] (Received 12th June, 10.50 a.m.) BRISBANE, This Day. An uncharted island five hundred feet long and fifteen feet above hightide level caused the wreck of the Fotini Carras, according to a wireless message from the rescue ship Australien, which is carrying the crew of the Fotini Carras to Rabaul. The message adds that the island is believed to have resulted from submarine volcanic action. High seas are r.ow pounding the wrecked vessel to pieces.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 12 June 1939, Page 7
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