WRECK OF A STEAMER.
• « [press association.] (Received June 28, 9.25 a.m.) ST. JOHN'S, 27th June. The steamer Lusitania, at one time engaged in the Australian mail service, while on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal, went ashore at Capo Ballard, Newfoundland. Five hundred passengers who were on board were saved. . THE VESSEL A HOPELESS WBECK. PANIO AMONG THE PASSENGERS. (Received June 28, 10.17 a.m.) ST. JOHN'S, 27th June. The Lusitania is a hopeless wreck. When the vessel struck the passengers became panic-stricken, and tried to rush the boats, using their knives. The officers with difficulty regained control. The women and children, almost naked, were dragged up the cliffs by the inhabitants.
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Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 151, 28 June 1901, Page 5
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