TWO STEAMERS ADRIFT IN CYCLONE - Helpless Off Queensland Coast - Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) - 11 Jul 1935 (original) (raw)

came disabled and the towline parted.

The Maheno is helpless, as it is under-

stood that the propellers were taken

off before she left Sydney, and she is

not carrying fuel.

According to a wireless message re-

ceived in Melbourne by the Direc-

tor of Navigation (Captain J. K.

Davis), the Oonah is unable to render

assistance until the damage to her

steering gear has been repaired. Mean-

while, the two ships are drifting help-

lessly 60 miles south-east of Sandy

Cape, Queensland.