The s.s. Australia Ashore,
The Union Steam Ship Company's ■i.e. Australia struck a reef at West Pom% ten miles to the north of the entrance to tho Arthur river, on the west coa*t of Tasmania, at an early hour on Wednesday morning, and sustained such damage that she was in danger of sinking. The captain therefore ran her aground on a sindy beaob. I here were twenty passengers on boird, and 223 tons of cargo in the hods. TV particulars of the mishap yet to hand are meagre, bat it >g known that all hands are safe. It is doubtfa' whether it wit be poßs tie to reflvit the ye 9:!, but ascistftQC* bit be in eon\
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Manawatu Herald, 22 April 1899, Page 2
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117The s.s. Australia Ashore, Manawatu Herald, 22 April 1899, Page 2
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