WEST AUSTRALIAN GALE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 77, 27 March 1912, Page 6

WEST AUSTRALIAN GALE.

ADELAIDE COMPANY’S STEAMER OVERDUE. NATURAL ANXIETY. Perth, March 25. A telegram from Broome states that the Adelaide Company’s steamer Koomhana -is seventy-two- hours overdue from Hedland, and that there is great anxiety owing to the cyclone. MORE SERIOUS THAN AT FIRST REPORTED. (Received 26, 10.5 a.m.) Perth, March 26. Full telegraphic communication with the north-west is not yet restored. The few details coming to hand show that the storm was even worse than at first reported. The latest from De Pugh Island states that sixteen whites were buried. Three Japanese from the lugger Clara were found in a dinghy off Maori Island. They ’state that they, swam ashore after battling with the waves for three hours. They had no food for four days. Three found the dinghy washed ashore and put off . for help. There is grave anxiety for the Koomhana, now four days overdue. She is fitted with wireless. No messages have been received. She carries thirty-nine passengers. Vessels have been instructed to keep a sharp look-out. The ' general opinion in shipping circles is that she is only disabled. She has the reputation of being a good sea boat. ,