THREE DAYS' STORM.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1398, 26 March 1912, Page 5

THREE DAYS' STORM.

WEST AUSTRALIAN GALEPEARLING LUGGERS LOST. Perth, March 25. Further details show that tho grout storm on the north-west const lasted from Wednesday to Friday. Another body, that of a Greek fisherman, has been found. The steamer Bullara has arrived at Cossack Roads. Sho was three days out from Port Hedland. Ordinarily it is a ten hours' run. The vessel encountered the full forco of the gale. Jler funnel was carried nway, and crashed through tho deck. Tho vessel drifted, notwithstanding the fact that sho liad full steam up and both anchors down. Two Japanese have reported that the lugger Clara was wrecked at Depuch Island. They swam ashore. They stnto that four coloured men and one wliite are still missing. The lugger Karrakatta and another supposed to be the Britannia—were anchored closo to the Clara. No trace can be found of them, and it is supposed they sank. Two unknown luggers also disappeared during tho blow. Tho captain and a portion of tho crew of the Crown of England have arrived fit Balk Balla, nnd reported that they buried six of the crew on Depucli Island, making a total of cloven bodies found. The damage ashore extended over a wide area. The town of Roeburne was flooded. A portion of the Point Sampson jetty, also the tramway between Point Sampson and Cossack 'were washed away. Two hotels were blown down at Balla Balla, and other buildings damaged. All the telegraphic lines north of Geraldton were blown down. It is not likely (lint further news will be received today. Tho Balla Balla anchorage is recognised as dangerous. It lies between Depuch Island and, the mainland, and is swept by strong high tides, being open to storms. Last year the steamer Glenbank was lost there, there being only one survivor.

A STEAMER OVERDUE. (Rec. March 25, 9.30 p.m.) Perth, March 25. A telegram from Broome states that tho Adelaide Steamship Company's Ivoombana (3368 tons gross) is seventy-two hours' overdue from Port Hedland, a 300mile run. There is great anxiety as to the vessel's safety, owing to tho cyclone.