FOUNDERED IN A FOG
THE ILL-FATED STEAMER MACLEAY. ASHORE ON BROUGHTON ISLAND. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received Oct. 12, 9.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 12. The steamer Macleay is ashore on Broughton Island. Particulars are meagre, but it is feared she is a total wreck and that lives have been lost. Two sailors came ashore on planks, and stated they feared she was breaking up. Wreckage is coming ashore near Newcastle, it is supposed from the Macleay. Two tugs have been despatched to Broughton Island. No passengers were aboard the Macleay, but the crew numbered twenty. Only two are known to have been saved. The Macleay’ was a vessel of 400 tons, and belonged to the North Coast Company. She was bound from Newcastle to Clarence River, and it is supposed foundered in a fog.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3347, 13 October 1911, Page 5
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133FOUNDERED IN A FOG Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3347, 13 October 1911, Page 5
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