A CASTLE LINER WRECKED.
NO LOSS OF LIFE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Capetown, May 8. During a fog the Union Castle liner Tautallon Castlo grounded on Robber Island. Her position is critical. The passengers and mails were saved. May 9. All efforts to float the Tantallon Castle have failed.
[The Tantallon Castle is one of the Donald Currie Castle line. Her tonnage is 5636, and she is poworfully engined, having made the passage from the Capo to London in 154 days. She was largely used for transport purposes during the war.]
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 103, 10 May 1901, Page 2
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