"Dalia" Refloated
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From Our Own Correspondent.
Thursday Is., May 4.
THE South African Government steamer “Dalia”, which went aground at the end of March on Mecca reef, near Thursday Island, and which it was thought would have to be abandoned, was refloated in April.
For 11 days she stayed on the reef, but luckily encountered no storms. If she had, there would have been no hope for her, as she was in an exposed posi tion. The damage was patched up as much as possible and she came into T.I. harbour under her own power. Here she was further repaired and after some weeks was able to resume the journey to Brisbane with her valuable cargo of timber. Captain Hervey, of the Queensland Coastal Pilot Service, was engaged for the trip.
The Mecca reef claimed another vic tim last night. The oil-tanker “Sepia” ran aground there at 2 a.m. From all accounts she will not get away so easily as the “Dalia” did.