NO HOPE FOR THE BLOOMFIELDS.
, QUEBEC, May 29. There is no hope of the Bloomfieldbeing saved. Laurence Ixving's death is practically certain. The Storstad landed only a handful of survivors and several bodies. Passengers who were unable to dress, flung themselves overboard in their night-clothes into the icy waters. The crew hurled themselves over the vessel's side, when the terrific impact 6hook them from their bunks. Much wreckage was torn off fhe vessel's side, to which they were enabled to cling until rescued.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14982, 1 June 1914, Page 7
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