CAUGHT IN A CYCLONE.
(Pbb . Electric Trlbgra*h it biohx. ) (Per Press Association.) , . (Eeceived 1.15p.m. Deo. 20th.) Sydney, Dec. 20. Information has been received here that the British India Navigation Company's steamer Bondara was caught in a terrible cyclone off Madras. ,§jjehad 600 coolies on board and the sufferings of these, who had to be battened down below, were intense. Five were killed outright, and 14 fearfully injured. The vessel had a very narrow escape from foundering.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 4426, 31 December 1888, Page 3
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76CAUGHT IN A CYCLONE. Timaru Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 4426, 31 December 1888, Page 3
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