LINER WRECKED.
RUNS ON ROCKS IN A FOU. ... PASSENGERS RESCUED WITH ... DIFFICULTY. By Telegraph-Press Associalion-CopyriEht Capa Town, April 20. Further particulars regarding tiro wreck of the Portuguese steamer Lusitania7"sss7 tons gross, at Cape Point, during a mist, are now available. The. steamer ran on to the rocks in the moonlight, and was crippled in the bow and otherwise damaged. The suddenness of the disaster threw all hands into confusion, but there was no panic. There were two hundred and fifty natives on board, and they behaved admirably. Some of the Europeans rushed the boats before the women and children had been comfortably stowed away. The women were scantily clad, some having only blankets and stockings on hi addition to their night attire. Passengers and crew, numbering SOO, were landed in a famished condition. A fog made difficult the rescue by the British cruiser Forto and a tug, and three persons were drowned. The Lusitnnia has disappeared.. 'A GREAT STORM. Ssbastopol, April 20. There has been a great storm in the Black Sea, and many wrecks.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1108, 22 April 1911, Page 5
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175LINER WRECKED. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1108, 22 April 1911, Page 5
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