On 25 March 1900 the steamship Glenelg was en route route from Lakes Entrance to Melbourne with a cargo of wool and electricity poles when it foundered forty miles west of Lakes Entrance, Ninety Mile Beach.
Three people survived and 38 people died.
Glenelg Shipwreck
Quick Statistics
38
Fatalities
Sources
Stone P, Encyclopedia of Australian shipwrecks and other maritime incidents. Yarram, Victoria: Oceans Enterprises, 2006, p 365