WRECK OF THE DACCA
— * — A Passenger's Accountcur *_,*_••._*__• IKI.MRAPU.— UOPr-UGUT.] [Special to Pbess Association.] [Received Jnne 20, at 1 p.m. | BBISBANE, June 20 A passenger who was on board the steamer Dacca, which was wrecked in the Bed Sea, has arrived here, and can give no reason for the disaster, as the sun was shining brightly at the time the vessel struck, and they could see for miles around. A large number of the passengers were landed in their night-clothes, and the surrounding water was literally swarming with sharks. The firemen belonging to the steamer behaved badly after the accident, and several of them, who were Buspected of stealing money belonging to the passengers, were taken before the Court at Fort Said, and sentenced to terms of imprisonment.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6884, 20 June 1890, Page 3
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127WRECK OF THE DACCA Star (Christchurch), Issue 6884, 20 June 1890, Page 3
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