MAJORITY OF CREW PERISH.
PASSENGERS IN A STATE 'OF COLLAPSE. .
, ; ;. LONDON, October 14. ■ It k believed that 78 out of a crew of 93 perished, while most of tyi,. officers were saved. This lends colour to the statement that the crew rusued the boats, and may also account for was an important fnctor in the rescue work. The oil discharged by he .calmed the waters, and enabled th, hoats Pfthe other vessels to reach ,he by the VolturnoW Juced to a state of collapse, when, afefa day and night of horror, they StlL heroic efforts of the boats from S Minneapolis, and other steaxnefail to reach them: .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8689, 15 October 1913, Page 5
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107MAJORITY OF CREW PERISH. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8689, 15 October 1913, Page 5
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