Storm Scatters a Pearling Fleet
THIRTY VESSELS LOST. DAMAGE £20,000. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright, PERTH, May 1.. Latest reports moke the number of pearling vessels wrecked as .'iO, Iml this estimate may ho reduced. Several have returned to port in a crippled condition, and others may In’ sheltering. Wreckage has been met TOO miles from the scone of the disaster. Search vessels arc out for some mouthers of crews, who drifted out to sea with the wreckage. There were many narrow escapes. The estimated loss to the Broome fleet alone is from £15,000 to £20,000.
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Southland Times, Issue 12124, 2 May 1908, Page 2
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