TRAGEDY OF 1909
FATE OF THE WARATAH. SPECULATION OVER WRECKAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. JOHANNESBURG, January 2. Pieces of long-immersed timber which are being washed ashore at Keimoutn, near East London, may be from the ill-fated Waratah.
The Waratah, carrying 211 passengers, and less than one year old, left Sydney on her second homeward voyage on June 26, 1909, and was never heard of again after her departure from Durban. She was reported to have been sighted by the Clan Maclntyre ten hours out from that port, and the following night was one of extreme violence. At a nautical inquiry in London the opinion was expressed that she had capsized.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1939, Page 5
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112TRAGEDY OF 1909 Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1939, Page 5
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