SINKING OF THE ORIENT STEAMER AUSTRAL.
[REUTER —COPYRIGHT.] (Received Nov. II —noon.) SYDNEY, Nov. 11. The Orient steamship Austral, lying at anchor in the harbor at Neutral Bay, sank in deep water at 4 o’clock this morning. She had been coaling, and this had given . her a list to starboard A port-hole had been left open, and the water rushed in and the vessel gradually sank in forty-five feet •of water. The masts and funnels now alone are visible. No lives wore lost, as there was sufficient time for the crew to get off’, though they had a narrow escape, as the whole affair only occupied a few minutes. Later. The cause of the sinking of the s.s. Austral is now doubtful. The theory that the port holes were open is not believed. It is deemed most probable that a large valve near the bilge was loft open. It is said that the purser and two engineers are missing, but it is not certain that they were-on board. Divers arc now examining the vessel.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 958, 13 November 1882, Page 2
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