Wreck of a P. & O. Steamer.
NO LIVES LOST. The P. and 0. Company's steamer Uistralia was totally wrecked at Point Napean yesterday morning. The Australia was inward bound for Melbourne from London, and in charge of Pilot Dennis at the time of the disaster. She struck the Napean reef at about two in the morning. The lifeboat removed the passengers safely. The crew were also landed. The chief officer states the , bottom was stove in and the fires are out. The vessel looks a total wreck.
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Manawatu Herald, 21 June 1904, Page 2
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87Wreck of a P. & O. Steamer. Manawatu Herald, 21 June 1904, Page 2
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