On Saturday, the R.M.S. Quetta, of the British Indian Steam Navigation Co.'s AngleAustralian Service, was wrecked on the Queensland coast, after striking on a sunken ...
Article : 678 wordsMiss Nicklin says: "The ladies were singing and playing in the music room, practising for a concert when the ship struck. Mrs. Lord, the youngest Miss Lacey, and my mother were in their cabins, ...
Article : 722 wordsOf the disaster confirm the reported suddenness with which the vessel sank. The colored men among the crew rushed the boats, and became very unmanageable. One boat which was ...
Article : 207 wordsWas a magnificent screw steamer of the threedeck type, with a net register of 2147 tons and a gross measurement of 3302 tons. She was built expressly for the Queensland Royal mail service, ...
Article : 258 wordsBRISBANE, Monday evening.—The insurances on the cargo are distributed over about twenty different offices in this city, and several have been taken out in Northern, Sydney, and English ...
Article : 38 wordsI was on the bridge with the pilot when the ship struck. I rushed to the end of the saloon deck and gave orders to the chief officer to get the boats out as quickly as he could, and then went ...
Article : 1,110 wordsThe following is an abstract of the cargo on board the Quetta at the time of the disaster: 2278 bales wool, 4260 cases meat, 60 tons silverlead bullion from Port Douglas, and 260 tons ...
Article : 311 wordsIs as follows: "About 9.15 p.m. on February 28 the Quetta was going at the ordinary speed a course round Albany Pass, the landmarks being on to the Pass. Midway between Midrock and Mount ...
Article : 520 wordsGiven in her own words, however, explain her position. She says: "I was sitting in the saloon writing a letter to my mother when suddenly a very remarkable noise was heard. I at once ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 8 Mar 1890, Page 10
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