SHIPPIHG DISASTERS.
Press Associate a—Ccpyrighi. Psiitec, March 20.
Ttv: captain of the steamer Barrumbecr. whvs from Carnarvon tb.at tho Mildura is a total wreck. Tho Bvrrumboet took off the passengers, ere-..' find mails, all well. Tho cattle had bc-.;_i without water for five days and \■ re in a pitiable condition. Tho fittings of the Mildura were cleared away to #ivo tho cattlo a chance to sw'im ashore, London, March IS.
Details of the wreck of the Jebba state that heavy seas broke over the vessel making it unsafe for a lifeboat to approach, but all aboard were-iiwued up the cliff. The loss of the Jebba .and cargo arc estimated at £IOO,OOO if there is no salvage.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8768, 20 March 1907, Page 2
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116SHIPPIHG DISASTERS. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8768, 20 March 1907, Page 2
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