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SOUTIHEIlNT GROSS OVtRDUE
OJL?HARRD WEXI 0CKA CE FOUN). -
lNDICATIONS OF DISASTFIR.
IIOBA.RT, Thursday.
A inessage was to-day received by
wireless from the '?Mercury's" King Is
land correspondent stating that consider
able wreckage huad been found north of
the Grassy River on Wednesday, includ
ing the side of a sailing vessel thirty
feet long, painted white; a broken oar,
branded D.R.C.; a case of benzine, a bit
of furniture, and a piece of case branded
ttdbart, apparently burned.
The Navy Department at Hipbart also
received a similar mesage from King
Island. It is not delinitely known to
what vessel this wreckage belonged, but
some fears hate been entertained as to
the whereabouts of the barqueentino Sou
thern Cross, which left MelI'ourne for
Hobart with general cargo and about
1000 cases boenzine on September 11, and
is now 1f days out.
The fact that the wrcckage has been
washed up near Grassy River, whidc is
on the south-eastern coast of King Is
land, indicates that the vessel, wuhat
ever it was, was probalbly coming to
Hobart via the West Coast, which is the
course usually taken by the Southern
Cross from Melbourne. The vessel car
ried a deck cargo of benzine and a cou
signmient of oars for the Derwent Row
ing Club branded DJ1.C.
The Southern Cross is conusanded by
Captain Hodgman, and carries a crew
of 11.
The Koomeela, which was to arrive
at Burnie to-night, is to commence a
search of the is&nds for any trace of
survivors.
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