DRIFTS ON TO REEF.
A STEAMER WRECKED. THE CREW RESCUED. By Cable. — Preps Association. — Copyright. NEWCASTLE, April 17. The steamer Wallarah, of 633 tons, the property of the "Wallarah Coal Company, drifted on to a reef in a heavy gale in Catherine Hill Bay, and became a total -wreck. Her crew of 17 were rescued- with difficulty by means of a rocket,-line. The vessel' was insured for £BOOO.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 61, 18 April 1914, Page 9
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68DRIFTS ON TO REEF. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 61, 18 April 1914, Page 9
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