LOSS OF THE FLORIZEL
FORTY-FOUR SURVIVORS I GALLANT ATTEMPTS AT RESCUE. {Received February 27, 9.30 a.m.) ST. JOHNS (Newfoundland), 26th February. The total number rescued from the Red Cross liner Florizel, which ran ashore in a snowstorm nojth of Cape Race, is forty-four. The. survivors escaped because they barricaded themselves' in the forecastle and the wireless room. They were without food for thi'ee days. Giant waves swept off the bridge deck, ■engulfing • scores of persons, and smashed in the smoking-room, trapping a dozen officers. The wreck is now breaking up on the rocks. Many gallant rescues were undertaken by the Newfoundland fishermen..
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 7
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102LOSS OF THE FLORIZEL Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 7
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