THE WEST AUSTRALIAN STORM

Southland Times, Issue 17003, 29 March 1912, Page 5

THE WEST AUSTRALIAN STORM

further details. THE MISSING KOOMBANA. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.) PERTH, March 28. A report from Cossack shows that the town suffered little damage from the cyclone, but fences were blown down and iron telegraph poles wore snapped. The lugger Mary H. Shaw was wrecked on Lewis Island. The crew swam ashore and lived on shellfish and a bag (Of flour for four days before they were rescued. A large fleet of luggers and steamers is going to patyol the coast and neighbouring islands In the hope of finding signs of the Koombana. One of the most experienced navigators on the coast suggests that wind and tide combined to carry the Koombana to the Rowley shoals, a treacherous coral reef a hundred and twenty miles west of Port Hedland. In that case she would probably not last long. If the Koombana ran before the wind she should be reported by this time. The following Fremantle passengers are supposed to be aboard the Koombana:—Captain Parson, Messrs Davis, Simpson, Forrest, C. Piper, G. Piper, Slade, Jenkins, Dalton, Hays, Spark, Purcell, Poor. Harper, Russle, Milne, W. H. Smith, Pitcher, Clinch, Main, Cowan, Craigle, Taylor, Freney, Evans, W. Davie, Baker, Martin, Hereford, Green, Smith, Vasey, McSwain, McKibbon, Viles, Goodhart, Doyle, Baker, and McCrouble. Captain Allan Is In command.