9 P.M., May 2nd
`` SPECIAL . ` TOWNSVILLE CHAMPION . ' `` WRECK . `` 9 P.M. , May 2nd . `` Authentic news has just reached the _ Champion _ office that the mail steamer _ Flintshire _ was wrecked on the Great Barrier Beef three days ago -LRB- the 5th -RRB- . All the crew and passengers -- 200 in number-were saved , and are now on their way to Townsville . -LSB- Further particulars later . -RSB- ''