STEAMER FOUNDERS IN PORT.
EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST. CROWD ON SHORE WATCHES THE DISASTER. By Tdecraph-PrcES Association-Oopjrieht (Roc. April 11, 11.20 p.m.) Vancouver, April 11. The Ironjuois, a small steamer of 195 tons gross, engaged in the coastal trade from Victoria (Ji.C), was wrecked today, under tragic circumstances, with the loss of eighteen lives. The vessel foundered at the mouth of the port within view of hundreds of people. A launch started to her rescue, hutits machinery failed, and it was unable to reach the drowning people. Many who were alloat on the upper works of' the steamer dropped off one by one, though several floated ashore on pieces of wreckage. The captain, with several passengers and five of the crew, escaped in a damaged lifeboat. The disaster was due to the shifting of cargo. A.number of women, who were penned in deckhouse, added to the confusion with their screams. They could not be rescued, and sank with the vessel.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1100, 12 April 1911, Page 7
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159STEAMER FOUNDERS IN PORT. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1100, 12 April 1911, Page 7
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