ANOTHER P. AND O. LOSS
THE MOOLTAN SUNK
A cable message from Melbourne, published in an issue of the Ist inst., was in the following terms: “The Navy Office learns that a steamer was sunk in the Mediterranean. The passengers were landed. The steamer carried mails.” .
Australian paprs show that the stonier referred to was the P. and O. Company’s Mooltan built in 1905 by Messrs Caird and Col, of Greenock. The Mooltan left Sydnby on June 9, and Adelaide on Juno 14, carrying mails which closed in Sydney'on June ]2. The passenger list of the summer was a large one but the majority of the passengers were booked only to intermediate ports. The list includeo 300 army nurses but thoy were fortuuately landed at Port Said prior to the disaster. The cargo which was a most valuable one, comprised the following: 7727 pieces beef, 412 hags frozen sundries, 15,798 ingot bars of copper, 3949 bars lead, 358 bags of wolfram, 125 bags molybdenite 75 cases moat extract 13 cases of wool fat, 10 bales of wool samples and a quantity of sundries. «■
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1917, Page 3
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183ANOTHER P. AND O. LOSS Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1917, Page 3
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