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Image Not Available for Shipping casualties - Mishap to the MORESBY stranded on an uncharted reef in the Solomon Islands
Shipping casualties - Mishap to the MORESBY stranded on an uncharted reef in the Solomon Islands
Image Not Available for Shipping casualties - Mishap to the MORESBY stranded on an uncharted reef in the Solomon Islands

Shipping casualties - Mishap to the MORESBY stranded on an uncharted reef in the Solomon Islands

Subject or historical figure (Australian, 1884 - 2006)
Date1906
Object numberANMS0276[012]
NameNewspaper clipping
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Mary Bayldon
DescriptionNewspaper clipping with headline "Shipping casualties Mishap to the MORESBY stranded on an uncharted reef in the Solomon Islands to be docked here for survey.' Article begins "The steamer MORESBY, of the fleet of island mail steamers belonging to Messrs Burns, Philp, Anad (sic) Co Limited, which last month became stranded on an uncharted reef in the Solomon Islands, arrived in Sydney last evening for repairs...'