POUNDED BY SEAS
STEAMER ON ROCKS ' Received Dec. 27, 1.30 p.m. MELBOURNE, Dec. 27. The steamer Saros is holed amidships and lies on the rocks with 15ft. of water in the engine room. All day yesterday she was pounded by a heavy swell, but last night the sea moderated and the steamer may not break up. A cable message sent out from Melbourne on December 26, Seated that the cargo steamer Saros 3304 tons), owned by the Australian Steamships Co., Ltd., went ashore at Cape Everard in eastern Victoria, 300 miles from Melbourne, in a dense fog on Saturday night. The accident happened 600 yards west of the Cape Everard lighthouse. A heavy sea was running and the Saros began to break up. The collier Burwah went to lhe scene and took off all the crew under great difficulty. The Burwah then set out for Sydney.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 307, 28 December 1937, Page 7
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