STEAMER ON THE ROCKS
TOTAL WRECK PROBABLE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received September 15, 3.33 p.m.) LONDON, September 14. TLe steamer P'atroolus, from Brisbane and Sydney, with a general cargo, went ashore on the rocks on Portland. Island, on the coast of Dorsetshire, during a fog. There is fifteen feet of water in her forehold, and she is likely to become a total wreck. The Patroclus, of the Oceanic S.S. Company, is a steel screw - steamer of 5509 tons, and was built at Belfast in 1896. In charge of - Captain E. 6. Dickens, she left Brisbane on July 6th, Sydney July 12th, Melbourne July 18th, and Adelaide July 25th, for London, Liverpool, and Glasgow.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6315, 16 September 1907, Page 7
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113STEAMER ON THE ROCKS New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6315, 16 September 1907, Page 7
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