LOSS OF THE ROELUCK.
4 1 STRIKES AT BREAKFAST TIME. tfy Teleffraph— Press Association—Copyright London, July 20. When the Channel steamer Roebuck, after leaving St. Helier's, struck on the Corbiere rock, off the Island of Jersey; a hundred and forty passengers were breakfasting. A tremendous shock swept tho crockery and food from tho table. Tho deck near tho bows was soon level with the water's edge, and the forecastle and forehold wero flooded. There was no panic. Tho passengers and mails were quickly rescued.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1186, 22 July 1911, Page 5
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84LOSS OF THE ROELUCK. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1186, 22 July 1911, Page 5
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