Terrible Shipping Disaster
LBBUTBE's T^tBiSBAMS.I : ' *"'• Mblbodbsk, May 31. V News is to hand by telegraph floni ~ the lighthpuse-keeper at Gabo Islan^ stating that the steamer Ly-ee^mooi^^ bound from Melbourne to Sydney^ struck on a reef near Green Cape one o'clock last night, and has «aim*^ pletely broken up. No details' m|i^ yet to hand, but it is stated thaVsa far only ten persons ate known; to have been saved. - ■'■' ; <.j ;; . Further details show that the?Ly-^ ec-moon struck- a re&f dose under this - lighthouse, at 9.30 p.m. yesteiday: Xue loss of life is estimated at fuller 70 perapns. This estimate is confirmed ** by a message from the special corres^pondent of the Argus. Up to tn# ■ present time no further particulars sir* tojiand. - ' .-• '-■•■; .-■■'-■: H
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 151, 1 June 1886, Page 2
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122Terrible Shipping Disaster Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 151, 1 June 1886, Page 2
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