THE STEAMER CUMBERLAND
HOPES ENTERTAINED OF FLOATING HER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright SYDNEY. July 20. There aro good, hopes that the Cumberland will be refloated. MELBOURNE, July 20. The Federal Government is offering fl , reward of £2OOO for information concerning the Cumberland outrage. The Cumberland, which loft Sydney on the sth inst., on her voyage to England, was seriously damaged early the following morning, when a few miles off Gabo Island, by explosions in one of tbo holds, and had to bo beached two or three hours later to prevent her sinking.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9718, 21 July 1917, Page 8
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