["The Missing Steamer", The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), Saturday 07 August 1909, page 5]
THE MISSING STEAMER WARATAH.
A FRUITLESS SEARCH.
REINSURANCE RISEN TO SEVENTY GUINEAS.
LONDON, August 5.
The tug that has been searching for the steamer Waratah has returned to Mossel Bay, near Capetown. No trace of the missing steamer has been seen.
LONDON, August 6.
The wreck of the Maori has deepened apprehensions regarding the Waratah, whose reinsurance has risen to seventy guineas.
WARATAH'S PASSENGERS.
THE AUSTRALIAN BOOKING.
MELBOURNE, August 6.
The following is a complete list of the passengers on board the steamer Waratah booked for London when she left Adelaide, her last Australian port
of call:--
From Melbourne:--Saloon: Mrs. and Miss Starke, Mrs. J. Y. Wilson and Miss L. Wilson, Mr. John Ebsworth, Mrs. Govett, Miss Lascelles, Mr. Neil Black, Mrs. and Miss Wilson, Miss M. Campbell.
From Sydney:--Saloon: Mr. C. G Sawyer.
From Adelaide:--Saloon: Mr. M. Morgan, Colonel R. C. Browne, Miss Lees, Miss Cooke, Mrs. A. Hay, Miss H. G. Hay, Miss Hesketh Jones.
From Melbourne:--Third class: Mr. G. H. Tickell, Mr. S. Blackburn, Miss T. Ramsay, Miss B. Murphy, Mrs. Ib- bett, Mr. J. G. Stokes, Mr. R. Lowen- thal, Mr. and Mrs. Page, Mr. Calder, and Mr. Clark.
From Sydney.--Third class: Mrs. S. Pearce, Misses Allen (3), Mr. J. M. S. Humpher. Mr. E. A. Murphy, Miss Henderson, Mr. nnd Mrs. Wright, Mr. William Cumming, Mrs. J. Harwood, Mrs. and Master Harvey, Miss Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Bowden and two childron, Mrs. and Miss Bowden, Misses Schaumer(2).
It is roughly estimated the vessel is valued at £175,000, and 'her cargo at £200,000.
Latest.
The owners of the Waratah cling to the idea that the vessel is drifting, and that her machinery is disabled.
