DISASTERS AT SEA.
STEAMER BURNT OUT. Bj TcloEraph-Pres« Association-ConyHctat Gibraltar, December 22, The steamer Chesapeake, 4521 tons, owned by tho Anglo-Americaii Oil Company, caught on firo and had to be abuadaned. T«-o boats containing fifteen of tho crew wore picked up. Two other boats confining an officer and Ihirty.tiro Chinese mo missing. LOST WITH ALL RANDS. London, December 22. It, is feared thai the Liverpool steamer White Rose, 010 tons, which was built, this year, has been lost at Plymouth, with her cre«- of eleven hands. Other wrecks ;\rc reported from tho North IScii. BLUEJACKETS WASHED OVERBOARD London, December 22. Two soamon wero washed from tho quarterdeck of the battleship London in a storm in tho Bay of Biscay. Commander Forbes had a narrow escape. Afterwards a sleani-pipo burst and two of tho, crew wore Koriously scolded.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1320, 26 December 1911, Page 5
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