THE STORM IN WEST AUSTRALIA.
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association—By Electric TclcgrapU copyright.
—.—*- MANY PEARLING LUGGERS LOST. FIFTY PERSONS DROWNED.
Received April 30, 9.20 a.m. PERTH, April 30. The disaster to the pearling fleet was more serious than anticipated. The storm was sudden and very severe, and it also did considerable damage ashore. The full extent of the disaster is not yet known, but the latest news is that two schooners and fifteen luggers were either smashed up or sunk. Two white men, named McLachlan and Gaskin and about fifty coloured men, were drowned. The damage amounted to £I,OOO (?). Altogether two hundred boats, with crews aggregating two thousand, were affected. Many boats are still missing, and may have taken shelter on the coast. Arrangements have been made to search for survivors. A cablegram published yesterday morning stated that a storm scattered the pearling fleet in Legrange Bay. Several luggers sank, and others were driven shore.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9079, 1 May 1908, Page 5
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155THE STORM IN WEST AUSTRALIA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9079, 1 May 1908, Page 5
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