Newcastle Journal 26 Oct. 1914
THE STEAMER LOWTHER RANGE. Messrs Furness, Withy and Co., Ltd., managers of the Neptune Steam Navigation Company Ltd., which company owns the steamship Lowther Range, as to which steamer there have been reports the newspapers, state that the Range is on time charter, and recently sailed with a cargo of coal from Newcastle (N.S.W.) to Guaymas (Mexico). The owners have just received a cable from the captain of the vessel, reading as follows:— Esquimalt (Govt.), received 6.1 a.m., Oct. 22.—Stopped by British cruiser Oct. 11; after coaling from cargo, ordered Esquimalt with balance; arrived this afternoon.—Gundry, Master."