AUSTRALIAN NEWS
THE DAMAGED TANKER PRONOUNCED SEEPAGE OF OIL BRISBANE, March 6. It Is now feared that the tanker Verdaas is seriously damaged. The seepage of crude oil, consisting of 11,000 tons, has become more pronounced and efforts are being made to get it under control.
Pilot J. Friend, who joined the Verdaas at Thursday Island, states that terrible weather was encountered coming down the Queensland coast. Heavy rain, high seas, and bad visibility made it impossible to sight Point Danger. The Verdaas, about 6 a.m., crashed equare on to the reef. She rose with the high seas and was dumped on the rocks. She rose again and was deposited in deep water on the other side of the reef. Afterwards she crawled 70 miles to the shelter of Cape Moreton. The main damage was about 80 feet from the bows. The hull was buckled outwards and several plates were split. The question of whether the Verdaas can be brought up the Brisbane River will be decided by Lloyds surveyors today. OUTBREAK OF DIPHTHERIA SYDNEY, March 6. (Received March 6, at 10 p.m.) More than 200 cases of diphtheria are at present in Sydney hospitals. Reports of its prevalence in the country indicate that New South Wales is experiencing a definite outbreak of the disease.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22824, 7 March 1936, Page 13
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