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[A message from missing steamer "Waratah", Report by Constable Lyon, Fremantle, Police Department, Western Australia, 08 November 1910. State Records Office of Western Australia, AN16/5 Item 1909/821]
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Re A Message from Missing Steamer Waratah.
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I respectfully report that this note was handed to me this morning from the bottling department at the Castlemaine Brewery.
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? 1909
May God have Mercy on us. We are now in a terrible Storm
1st Officer
Waratah
This message is apparently noted in WA Archives 821/09 "The Overdue S.S. Waratah"
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