Mission Ketch Lost off Papuan Coast

The mission vessel “Bromilow,” owned by the Methodist Mission Society, was wrecked at Amphettes, near Samarai, Papua, recently, and seven natives were drowned. The Rev. G. P. Lassam and one native were rescued from a reef, after five days’ exposure, without food or water, and two natives reached Salamo from the vessel.

The “Bromilow” was a wooden auxiliary ketch of 14 tons gross, and had been in service in Papuan waters since 1917. She was named after a famous missionary, Dr. Bromilow, whose death recently occurred.

The above photograph shows the Bromilow lying in Salamo Harbour.