NEARLY WRECKED.
THE WESTRALIA'S ESCAPE. HE ADI FOR ROCKS I.V A FOH. By Telegraph—Press Association.—Copyright. •V-v..' Svpvkv, .June 19. Dciung a heavy fog Oil the .ooiifct yesterday the Hiidd ut-Parkei steamer We*: tralia, troth Tasmania to Sydney, had a narrow escape of being totally wrecked. When the fog lifted for a 'moment the steamer was found to be running straight for the rocks near Port Hacking, outside Sydney Head?. . . ■'"'.',"■•". With prompt action she was Bwniijf clear, but her .-tern ' bumped the bottom twice heavily. - > 'M (Received June X). 12.33 a.m.) Sydney, June'l9, The Wcntralia is to be docked to-morrow. ■ -' She is leaking slightly. ; \,-;.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13781, 20 June 1908, Page 5
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