THE LOST YONGALA.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 348, 29 March 1911, Page 5

THE LOST YONGALA.

FURTHER DETAILS. By Tc'.c-n'iii'Ji Press Association. -Copyright Rccieved March 29, 10.35 a.m. Brisbane, This Day. Two passengers, Messrs Greenlield and O'Brien, joined the Yongala at Mack ay, and throe left —Messrs Must, Neal and Bonner. The vessel is believed to have struck one of the reefs between Flinders Passage and K'eeper reef. If this is correct, the Yongala was twenty miles outide ner coure. Up to the present little is known regarding passengers, beyond their names. It is understood that at the last moment, some of those who booked passages changed their minds, owing to weather conditions and other circumstances. This, to some extent, accounts for discrepancies in the accounts regarding the number of souls aboard. Captain Knight was Commodore of the Adelaide Company's fleet, and was married, with no family. Most of the officers are married with families. The chief stewardess is the widow of Captain English, who lost his life some years ago in the wreck of the steamer Glenelg. The search for possible survivors is con tinuing with great vigor. The general opinion is that there is little hope of escaping in such a storm in such wild and dangerous surroundings. The cargo was flour, chaff, machinery and general merchandise. The Adelaide Company state the insurance on the Yongala are £90,000, the company holding one fourth, the balance being divided between the South British and the Union Company of Canton.