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    Cairns Inlet Tragedy

    • Post author:Joan Taylor
    • Post published:3 May 2017
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    A tragedy occurred in the Cairns Inlet on 13th April 1945, when the Adelaide Steamship Company’s tug “Uta” overturned and sank while assisting a U.S. ship away from No. 10…

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