Australia has been thrilled by the story of the steamship Tre-versa, Captain C. Foster, a steamer of some 6,000 tons, trading between India, Australia and Britain, which went down about half way between Fremantle and the eastern coast of Africa. The ship sent out "S.O.S." calls on June 4, stating that she was sinking as a consequence terrific gale which she had encountered. The call was answered by two ships of the same line—the Trevenna and the Tregenna—and these proceeded at once to search the ocean where it was assumed the boats from the sinking steamer were to be found. The search went on for three weeks without avail and the loss of the personnel of the Trevessa was finally accepted as in2vit-
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