LOSS OF FINNISH STEAMER.
DIVERS* DISCOVERY. JWLTH BOLL DOUBLED. M-fT-P tsa*» *S*OCI»TIOK-»T SLBCTIM nuis»'u cuptiuoht.) |!»c*be4 September 13' hj, 7.10 p.m.) HJBLBINGFORS, September 12. Direr* found appalling horrors in the jpj* steamer Kurn, which sank off ftyßnprfur* recently. At ftrst it was |t|>T«d t h ' xt 7(i P<""S»ju« w * re drowned, lift the direr* discovered the bodies of |l§ tictims. nwwtly women and children, win hail »bri »«'* been trampled 2>wn by m«» in frantic struggles bedecks when the vessel was sinkfjigljty botlf's have been recovered. ♦Australian l'n>»» Association. fThe loss o' tn<l late steamer Kuru m September fith was descril)ed as Mm worst disaster in the history of ffoltnd The vessel turned turtle in • (leai'v nt'T'ii. and sank in ten rninitw Twenty-five people escaped in n ifsboiit .."if" others were picked up ■ffpm the water. |
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19724, 14 September 1929, Page 17
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