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Steamer Sunk Near Melbourne NORWEGIAN WITH BIG WHEAT CARGO United P A —By Telegraph— <_ opy yh (Australian and .\ .7 Press Association! Receded 10.47 a m MELBOURNE. To-dav THE Norwegian steamer Selje, of 6,598 tons, foundered I about 120 miles west of Port Philip Heads last night after a collision with the Kaituna. The latter vessel rescued the crew of the Selje. The Kaituna s bows were damaged and she wirelessed for assistance to enable her to reach port The Selie had a cargo of wheat valued at £ 75.000 A wireless message received at Melbourne from the Selje indicated that the vessel was in difficulties The words sinking fast were faintly heard. The message was obviously incomplete. The Selje. formerly known as the Halidiim > v . * m England in 1921 and was registered at Bergen. Sh.. .iisj ~. d - :.•»* tons and was 420 feet long. 54 feet wide and 24 feet , lr -, The Kaituna, which is owned by the I nion Sre ;i mshin « , ,n----is a vessel of only 2,042 tons*. She was built in Knsland ir >* 4 Her port of registry is Dunedin.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 625, 30 March 1929, Page 1
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184RAMMED BY KAITUNA Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 625, 30 March 1929, Page 1
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