PERILS OF THE SEA.
THE DELHI WRECK. HOW THE PRINCESSES FARED. CV ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT. (PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.) m, ~ • r l lan _ier, December 16. lhe Princess Royal asked the __- < scry faunlv. Dr. McCaul, Bell a passenger, and Halkett, tho caricaturist, to accompany the ducal party ashore. l J When the boat was swamped Princess Alexandra, Bell, and Halkett were swept overboard. The Duke of life and the Princess Royal seized Princess Maud as the boat capsized, and they were all washed shoreward* Meanwlule Bell caught ' Princess Alexandra and swam with her until iio secured a foothold. The bluejackets assisted them ashore. Rrinccss Alexandra fainted on landing. Essery and Halkett had the narrowOS teseapes. The Delhi's mails and luggage are being landed. xn e salvors hope to save the ship. l n - ~ Jjont - on ; Hecembor IG. ti exa " d '' a , Ilas given £100 tho v ,G r -! wi oi " tho families of the lent-h sailors on the Friant who lost their lives in rescuing the passengers off the Delhi. P
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 1673, 18 December 1911, Page 4
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170PERILS OF THE SEA. Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 1673, 18 December 1911, Page 4
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