STEAMER SINKS
TWENTY-FOUR OF THE CREW PERISH. ■ EIGHT SAVED. (By Telegraph.— rress Association.— Copyright.) (Received January 6, 1 p.m.) NEW YORK. sth January. The steamer Oklahoma sank off Sandy Hook._ Twenty-four of the crew perished and eight were saved. According to a wireless message, the Hamburg-Amerika freight steamer Bavaria rendered assistance, taking off those who were saved. The vessel disappeared before the others could be saved. Particulars are lacking. [The Oklahoma, a steel vessel of 5853 tons gross, and owned by the Gulf Refining Company, was built in 1908. Hoi* port of registry was Port Arthur, U.S.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 4, 6 January 1914, Page 5
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