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Roma
Tailem Bend, River Murray
Roma was a built in 29/05/1884 and lost on 26/12/1886. While heading to Goolwa with a cargo of wool bales in very hot weather, the funnel case was observed to be on fire when the vessel was with half a mile of Tailem Bend. The flames were fanned by wind and the hot conditions help the fire to spread. Captain
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationTailem Bend, River Murray
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1886
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceComposite; While heading to Goolwa with a cargo of wool bales in very hot weather, the funnel case was observed to be on fire when the vessel was with half a mile of Tailem Bend. The flames were fanned by wind and the hot conditions help the fire to spread. Captain
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