["Story of the Koombana", The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), Sunday 31 March 1912, page 12]
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THE FAR NORTH BARRED.
It is certainly worthy of mention that when the Adelaide Company's steamers first ran to the Nor'-West, the months of December, January, February and March were barred for Cossack and further north, and apparently with good reason if such a fine boat as the Koombana has been swallowed up as a result of the warring of the elements in that most dangerous portion of the coast-line of Western Australia.
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