Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thursday 22 October 1891, page 5


THE MELANESIAN MISSION. I

THE SOUTHERN CROSS DISABLED.

[BY CABLE. J

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LONDEN, Our. 20.

The steamer Southern Cross, the new vessel of the Melanesian mission, which had just left England for Australia, encountered the late severe gale in the English Channel. She was compelled to take refuge at Cowes, Isle of Wight, having been strained. In consequence, it will be necessary to dismantle her, and a deten-tion of three weeks will be entailed

thereby. _