VESSEL STRIKES A ROCK.
STEWARD'S BODY WASHED UP. (Eec. October 13, 1.17 a.m.) Sydney, October 12. That disaster has occurred in connection with the wreck of tho Maclcay appears certain. A message from Tea Party, a station near Port Stevens, states that the body of a steward on tho Macle'ay namod Jones has been washed up. Tho survivors are two able-bodied seamen, named Swanney and Peterson. They declare that at 8 o'clock yesterday night, in a fog, while tho first officer was on tho bridge, tho vessel struck on a rock. The impact; was- terrific, and tho steamer heeled over, and practically turned turtle before she sank. The survivors have accompanied the search party, which is not expected back before morning.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1258, 13 October 1911, Page 5
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121VESSEL STRIKES A ROCK. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1258, 13 October 1911, Page 5
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