ANOTHER LIFE-BOAT DISASTER.
EIGHT MEN DROWNED,
London*, November 14. A BBJC! entering the River Tee 3 struck a sandbank, and the life-boats were proceeding to the stranded vessel to bring the crew ashore, when one capsized, and eight men were drowned in full view of the crowds of spectators assembled on the shore. A woman in tho crowd dropped dead from excitement. Tho brig's crew were subsequently safely landed.
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 271, 16 November 1888, Page 3
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