A TOTAL LOSS.
Oy Teieerftpli—Press Aseoclation--OopytlS[liW : jj ■ ■■• 'Sydney, , February 14..-' ' : 'j The steamer New Guinea, /which'.-. ran" ■ ashore at Disaster Bay,"near Green-Cape, •* has slipped back from the rocks. :Onlj'j the bridge is now visible. ;.. ''- y> -J : ■ The owners have been' idvised that /she; j is__a.total'wreck:/ •:' ;' s'\:/.. ; I"'; ; 'y.'.-;-^ Tho boa'-s had a rough -time -.-.; after -i leaving tt\e steamer, owing -.to ,a,strong.! wind and opposing' currents/.; One gave v | up and returnedrtho/bthers.were driveny twelve miles out to-«ea,iand drifted about | for hours before being-ablb to mak(> land.ij Some of their' occupants suffered severely>i from their heavy esertibns.intlie rough ;1 sea..arid exposure; /?';'■•■, : - :'' : :;' ; .::"!; .';/•; ;'fe| The bbatswaio 'of t the .'New: Gninsa,-: an interview, stated that/at*^theirtimetj of the'mishap the vessel was facing---steamer ; Barrori, which .was'; following/j and ran into a thick Jog.■.■ Ahey suddenly'.! noticed land right>ahead, arid the j "full speed astern" was given, but before i the New Guinea had time to lose way ~'l she ran on to the'-rocte. r ' ,! / '■■' ':-?Vj
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1053, 16 February 1911, Page 5
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160A TOTAL LOSS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1053, 16 February 1911, Page 5
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