'DON'T WORRY MOTHER.'

The Advertiser Adelaide, Thursday 30 March, 1911.

"DON'T WORRY, MOTHER." 

YOUNG STEWARD'S LETTER HOME. 

One of the stewards of the Yongala, 

Mr. William Murray, aged 18 years, 

is a son of Mr. John Murray, an engine 

driver in the employ of the South Australian 

Railway Department, residing at 

Commercial road, Yatala. On the day 

the vessel left Brisbane the lad wrote home 

to his mother, saying, "Don't worry, 

mother. I am on a good ship, and after 

six months' service I will come home and 

obtain a position on land." The boy's 

mother is at present dangerously ill, and 

the other members of the family, on that 

account, had kept her ignorant of the vessel's 

disappearance. When the news came through 

that some of the cargo had been 

found on Cape Bowing Green beach they 

decided to break the sad news. With a 

desire to see the world the lad had 

expressed his intention of joining a boat 

bound for England. His mother, however, 

prevailed upon him not to go so far away, 

and he decided to join the Yongala. The 

boy's father is an engine driver between 

Glanville and the Outer Harbor. He is 

popular in the service, and highly respected. 

For many years he was a driver 

on the north line. 

Mr. William Murray, prior to going to sea, 

was initiated, with his father, as a 

member of the Good Samaritan Lodge.