WRECKAGE WASHING ASHORE.

The Advertiser (Adelaide) Monday 10 April, 1911.

THE YONGALA.

MAIL BAGS WASHED ASHORE.

MORE WRECKAGE.

Brisbane, April 9.

The Deputy Postmaster-General has

received information from his officers at

Townsville and Ingham to the effect that

the Halifax police have been advised that

three bags of mails have been washed

ashore at Cassidy's Beach, 12 miles from

Cairns (Townsville). The postmaster at

Ingham has been instructed to obtain 

possession of the mailbags as soon as 

possible and furnish paiticulars concerning 

them. It is also reported that much wreckage 

has been observed at Ramsay's Bay, 

Hinchinbrook.

Ingham. April 9. 

Two heavy bags of mails, also some bags

of potatoes and onions, were picked up on

Cassidy's Beach. 12 miles from here, on

Friday by Mr. Taylor, of Victoria Creek.

Owing to the heavy seas and the flooded

creeks he was unable to convey the mails to

Halifax. Police were sent out to convey

them to Ingham.

Townsville, April 9.

The Government launch Seal returned

to-night, and reports that Mr. Staines,

clerk of Petty Sessions at Charters Towers,

who is on a holiday at Palm Islands, had

been cruising around, and had found a

cribbage board on which were written in 

pencil the words, "Smoke-room Yongala", 

the same words were also scratched on, 

presumably with a knife. He also found a

piece of pine, painted white, on which

were printed the words, "Passengers are 

requested to switch off lights when 

leaving cabin." Mr. Staines also picked 

up a piece of a mast from a small boat, 

marked "IV." The blacks found a case 

of apples, branded "A.L." over "T." 

in a circle, and a piece of pine with a 

hat-peg attached.

Inspector Malone has received a message

from Halifax, reporting the discovery of a

small mail-bag and a basket of mails on

Taylor's Beach. Constable Robinson

reports that tons of wreckage have 

come into Ramsay's Bay, Hinchinbrook 

island. The launch Pelican is not yet able 

to proceed to Nares Rock. 

Wreckage and flotsam washed up onshore along a swathe stretching from Townsville to Ramsay Bay, some 65 miles distant. The prevailing wind in this coastal area is southeasterly which suggests that the Yongala foundered at a position somewhere between Townsville and the Barrier Reef.