Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-01-04 | Page 4 | Freighter Sinking after Hitting Reet

Freighter Sinking inking y After Hitting Reef t 1 SYDNEY Australia JanOne Jan 4 I IOne r One One of the unsinkable s ski of World War II Thursday Wai rs reported on her w way ay to the be gotta 1 off the northeast coast of ot Ili She was the ton lon Brith freighter Pallana which had gJ h German mines and attar attacks attacks' by German and Japanese bombe bom Wednesday nl night ht she hit a i iroc roc rock and was badly holed off Pine Pe i island in the Great Barrier re re about 60 miles from the north north cast east Australian coast town o of t Mackay Queensland Thursday her captain F F. R R. Spurr Spurt radt that she had broken loose and u sinking sinking- slowly r 1 Her of or 69 crew after taking to o lifeboats was reported aboard rd the thi Dutch freighter m Th was standing b by but hut an ape ap unable to help the Bit Brit ish vessel which thi is owned by th thi Peninsular Oriental Nate Na g a. a tion Co There were no passengers aboard the Pallana which left Bri bany Tuesday without cargo to load Joad I lead and meat for Britain