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[Extracts, Court of Marine Inquiry, loss of s.s. "Koombana", Harbour & Lights Department, Western Australia, 25 April - 6 May, 1912. WA Museum (on loan), Testimony of Harry Upjohn, master of S.S. Bullarra]
THE CROWN
PROSECUTOR. ...
Have you formed any theory as to what became of the "Koombana"?--
The only thing I can think of is that she was smashed
up by the cyclone.
In what way to you think?-- By the force of the wind and sea.
Could she have turned turtle?-- Impossible.
CROSS EXAMINED
MR. MOSS. Do you consider you were lucky in having escaped? - We escaped by a miracle.