AUSTRALIA.
Sydney, March 10.
Last night, at 8 o'clock, off Rodhead, the steamer Barrabool, from Newcastle to Sydney, collided with the steamer Bonnie Dundee, which crossed the bows of the Barrabool diagonally. . The Barrabool's boats were lowered promptly, but the Bonnie Dundee sank in three minutes, and six lives were lost. The Dundee was fully insured. The ladies' stewardess and cabin boy were lost in the collision. The Barrabool was unhurt. The Governor embarks in the Emerald on March 19. March 12. Work on the Exhibition Building by electric light has been commenced.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 277, 14 March 1879, Page 2
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93AUSTRALIA. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 277, 14 March 1879, Page 2
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