DISASTERS AT SEA.
—: —$ SIXTY PERSONS DROWNED. By TcleerrUDli - Press Association—Copyright Panama, May 25. The National Company's steamship Tabdga, 649 tons gross, was sunk on Tuesday off Punta "Mala, the western headland of the Bay of Panama. There were one hundred passengers. Sixty were drowned. IVERNIA'S BULKHEADS BURST. London, May 25.. The bulkheads of tho Cunard liner Ivernia, , which struck, Daunt's Rock, south-east of Kiiisalc, during a fog, and was beached in Queenstown Harbour, burst, and the engines became flooded. Tho crew remains aboard the vessel. THE MANDALAY SURVIVORS. Perth, May 26. The barque,Mandalay was wrecked at Caps Chatham ten days ago. Sho was blown ashore in a storm. . Tho crew, numbering fourteen, walked 50 miles to tho township of Dunmark, on the Dunmark River, about 38 miles from Albany. They bad plenty of provisions; which were landed from the wreck. GERMAN LJNER ASHORE. , London, May 25. The German-Australian liner Itzehoo, 4487. tons gress, is ashore at Retief, Capo Colony. Assistance has been sent. "'(Rcc. Maj'27','oMK;w.) : * * Capo Town, May 26. Tho Itzehoe is hard and fast. The forepart of her hull is resting on th« rocks. Her bottom is badly damaged. Tho forepeak and tho lower No. 1 and No. 2 holds are full of water. Tho p6ssibility of soring the cargo depends ou the weather.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1138, 27 May 1911, Page 5
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