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TOTAL WRECK
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Malabar Breaks Up
POUNDED BY WAVES
Cargo Washed Ashore
SYDNEY, Saturday.
Little remained to-day of the
Wrecked Malabar. Smashed by
terrific waves that rolled ill from
the south-east in the early hours of
yesterday, the ship broke into three
sections, which drifted to the rocks
at ,,the face of the cliffs.
' The portion from amidships to the
ftern rapidly disintegrated under the
merciless pounding of the waves and'
disappeared from view. The next sec
tion as far as the navigation bridge was
lifted-at an acute angle on to a ledge
of rock, to be held there by the for
ward portion which, facing in the op
posite direction, acted as a breakwater,
and saved the rest from more rapid de
struction. Cargo of every description
was washed ashoreand any that was
not ba.dly damaged was seized-by thou
sands - of persons who visited Long
Bay. Last night a large part , of that
which had been visible above water
earlier in the day had sunk. Occasion
ally in the troughs of the waves pieces
of wreckage could be seen on the rock
where the ship first struck—apparent
ly a section of the engine room. A
portion of steel plating there, too,
raised itself out of the water and flut
tered beneath the force of the water
like tissue paper.
SCRAMBLE FOR CARGO
j The shores became almost obliterat
ed beneath the wreckage and cargo
that was washed ashore. Timber pre
dominated, but there were bags, of
flour, tins of food, butter, biscuits
spaghetti, beans, and many carcases of;
meat ■done up in canvas for export^
Most of .this was seized eagerly. It was
soon found that many of bags of flour
were quite good inside, while there
were thousands of this of edible mate
rial that were not broached. Early in
the day interest became focussed in
round wooden objects that bumped
about in friendly fashion in the
waves. Thev seemed to beckon to be
rescued—and life savers were not lack
ing. (
• Indeed they were worth saving, for
they were real treasure trove, kegs, of
/whisky, beer, and rum. Unfortunately,
orders had come from somewhere that
they were not to be taken away and
the police got busy and smashed open
all that came within '■ their reach.,
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