A YUKON LINER SUNK.
STRIKES AN ICEBERG IN CALM WEATHER.
SIXTY-FIVE PEOPLE DROWNED,
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrigh New York, Aug. 19.
The Yukon liner Islander struck an iceberg near Juneau, Alaska, within a mile of the shore, in perfectly calm weather, and sank in 25 minutes.
Sixty-five persons were drowned, 107 being saved. A million dollars of gold went down with the vessel.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 192, 21 August 1901, Page 2
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