The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 22 October, 1909
YONGALA IN GALES.
Captain William Knight, commander ot the Adelaide
S.S Company's passenger steamer Yongala, which
arrived here yesterday from Mebourne, reports having
experienced a strong southwest gale and high seas as
far as Green Cape, and thence northerly winds to the
Heads.
This report is interesting in two respects. Yongala was not exclusively deployed for the Sydney - Cairns run after 1906 and she safely negotiated extreme sea conditions prior to the cyclone, 1911. She proved her seaworthiness in such storms and 99 successful voyages before the tragedy.
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