THE LOST SUMATRA. This exclusive photograph was probably the last taken of the steamer Sumatra as she left Sydney Harbour on her fateful voyage on June 25. On the following day she encountered a severe cyclonic storm, and apparently foundered during the night with all hands, numbering 44. The bodies of the master, E. Bell, and the chief officer, Sydney Festrell, were later washed ashore, with a lot of wreckage, at a point about 100 miles north of Sydney. This picture is of particular interest in view of the allegations being made that the Sumatra was overloaded and unseaworthy when she left port.—Sun Feature Bureau, photo.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3618, 17 July 1923, Page 36
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106THE LOST SUMATRA. This exclusive photograph was probably the last taken of the steamer Sumatra as she left Sydney Harbour on her fateful voyage on June 25. On the following day she encountered a severe cyclonic storm, and apparently foundered during the night with all hands, numbering 44. The bodies of the master, E. Bell, and the chief officer, Sydney Festrell, were later washed ashore, with a lot of wreckage, at a point about 100 miles north of Sydney. This picture is of particular interest in view of the allegations being made that the Sumatra was overloaded and unseaworthy when she left port.—Sun Feature Bureau, photo. Otago Witness, Issue 3618, 17 July 1923, Page 36
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