Sailing Magazine
by Richard Crockett
Today’s newspaper cutting is not about sailing, but as it of historical nautical interest I felt it worth sharing.
116 years ago the ‘Waratah’ passenger ship sunk without trace off the Transkei coast.
This is how the Daily News reported on the lucky break a family had by cancelling their passage to England.
“Mrs Marjorie Baillie’s annual visit to Durban has a special significance this year. It’s eighty years since 81-year-old Mrs Baillie, then a baby, missed the final tragic trip of the ill-fated passenger liner, the ‘Waratah’.
“Her father, who was then with the Customs Department, decided against sending his family to England on the ‘Waratah’, which left Durban and sank without trace off the Transkei Coast in 1909.”
READ MORE HERE: 1989 09 12 – daily news – Marjorie Baillie – OCR
