NAIRANA VICTIMS
BODIES NOT FOUND CAUSE OF GIANT WAVE MARINE OFFICIAL'S THEORY (Received April 14, 12.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE. April 13 Fishermen to-day searched for the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. F. Parsons and their daughter, Miss Jean Parsons, who were lost from the steamer Nairana when she was struck by a giant wave near Port Phillip Heads yesterday. They met with no success. Two injured firemen are still in a serious condition. Varied theories, including a submarine disturbance which was not recorded, have been advanced for the huge wave which almost overwhelmed the Nairana. Captain L. Sundercombo. of the Commonwealth Marine Department, says he thinks the recent southerly pressure had forced the water to bank up inside the Heads causing abnormally high tides. At the time the Nairana was entering the Pip the southerly pressure eased, releasing with a strong ebb tide heaped waves of pyramid shape. This is not uncommon in the treacherous Rip, where many larger ships have been in trouble in the past.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22393, 14 April 1936, Page 9
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