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[Editorial, The Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA), Tuesday 26 March 1912, page 2]
On Wednesday last the Nor'-West was visited by one of those hurricanes which periodicaUy devastate our coastal towns. On this occasion Broome, which usually is the most seriously dealt with, escaped, though at the beginning of the month, La Grange, Derby and other adjacent towns were visited. Our earnest sympathies go out to the many sufferers in the outposts of our newspaper district, and especially to the relatives of those who have lost their lives.
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In August last, when at Depuch Anchorage, Mr. Sleeman, the managing director of Whim Well Copper Mines, informed us that thc Concordia was to arrive in November with 1,OOO tons of anthracite for producing gas for driving thc copper-ore treating plant, and with 950 tons of other cargo, and that she and another vessel would be taking away large shipments of ore. We presume that the inward cargo has been discharged and that the process of loading the ore was nearing completion when the calamity came. Depuch anchorage is one of the most ruggedly picturesque stretches of water it has been our privilege to see. Seven miles away there is a background of beautiful violet-tinted hill peaks, to the right of the anchorage the red island of Depuch, and to the left, a low sandy island with a reef running out toward the anchorage and marked by the wreck of a sailing vessel that one time came in for ore and remained on the reef as a kind of beacon. Approaching Depuch from the open sea, the island resembles a pear half submerged along its length. Its remarkable feature is that practically its whole surface is covered by red rock, broken almost consistently as by a giant stone-breaker. Here and there are spots of yellowish growth to set out more distinctly the prevailing red. On the island the fine barques are lying, and there a number of bodies of sailors have found interment. The loss of Capt. Maguinness has come as a shock to many in this town to whom, as second officer of the Koombana, he was well and favourable known. We recall the fortnight spent on the sandbank at Shark Bay on the Koombana's maiden trip, when that officer frequently came forward at the passengers' request and helped pass the time pleasantly by rendering tastefully executed selections on his mandolin. Mr. Hill, of the Federal Hotel, is spoken of as the typically jolly healthy-looking publican of some 38 summers.
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The iron barque CONCORDIA from Swansea,..
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She was later refloated and towed to Fremantle but never returned to service, finishing her days as a coal hulk.
An iron vessel of 1308 tons, built at Vegesack, Germany, in 1890. She measured 222.4 x 34 x 20.4 feet.
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Author Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925-
Title Australian shipwrecks. Volume 4. 1901-1986 / Jack Loney.
Imprint Portarlington, Vic : Marine History Publications, 1987.
Details
Call # 363.123 LON
Phys. Description 284 p. : ill ; 26 cm.
Note Ill. on lining papers.
Bibliog. Bibliography: p. 275-276.
Subject Shipwrecks -- Australia -- History.
ISBN 0909244332 (corrected)