STRANDED WHALER ON CORSAIR REEF
PiRILOUS STEIUGGIS OF BOAT'S - '. csew AT THE! MERCV OF THE tIJ)E 3y ,Teloß-ro,Eh.-I I WBS Aesociotton—Copyriftlit M«lßowrns, Juno 15. Fujthcr news of the wreck ef the whaling steamer Cam.phefl on the o.irs'Hif Reef, off Point Ncpean. show that the Campbell's machinery broke down off Cape Otway, artel wlieft tho vessoJ was atteffiptittt* to eSter PorS Phillip for repairs at 11 o'clock at night without a pilot, was carried oft to the reef by a strong ebb tiffc. Kvo the crew of niiis knn-ehod a boat, which was helri in gsttiftg it afloat. The man.plugged tip the , hale with thc-it caps, but the boat Was taken out to sea. % a strong t-kJe, aftd the men lost their oars. With ihprtn'ised oars, they battled for sovctr.l hours in 'the darkness, and when the tide t'li.f'ilc«l, succeeded in reaching QnccMSeliffi in an exhausted «oiuiit.ion, a.nd reported the disaster. Meantime, tho four of the crew, including the captain,, left tho Campbell in another boat, which a tag picked up. The Campbell k regarded as a total joss. She was valued at £18-,000, and is covered! by insurance jit Norway.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2177, 16 June 1914, Page 5
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190STRANDED WHALER ON CORSAIR REEF Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2177, 16 June 1914, Page 5
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