THE WARATAH
STORY OF THE OLD WRECK REVIVED BY airmen SUBMERGED SHIP LOCATED (Press Assn. — By Telegraph — Copyright). Rec.. June 14, 5.5 p.m. Capetown, June 13An aeroplane with a marine surveyo'r aboard, left Durban on Tuesday in an attempt to locate the ob'struct'ioh on the sea bottom off Untata R.iyer on the Natal Coast, which recently ^oled a passenger vessel. The aeroplane, flyirig at 2000 feet above the sea, saw a dark object, i85 f'eet long and £5 feet broad, whiph is hefieved to be a submerged wreck. At Durban, opinion is inclined to the view that it fs the remains of the Waratah, which was wrecked about July 2'8, 1909 en route to Capetown from Australia. Further steps are heing taken by the Admiralty. Other messages ridicule the suggest'ion that it is the. Waratah.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 558, 15 June 1933, Page 4
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135THE WARATAH Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 558, 15 June 1933, Page 4
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