THE MARINE DISASTER.
THE DRUMMOND CASTLE IN 20 FATHOMS OF WATER. THE SOLE SURVIVOR RELATES HIS EXPERIENCE. FLOATS ABOUT FOR TWELVE HOURS. WOMEN LAUNCH THE LIFEBOAT. London, June 19. The Drummond Castle was travelling at the rate of 14 miles an hour when she struck, and she sank in 20 fathoms of water. The engineers prevented an explosion of the boilers by letting off steam. June 20. Marknardt, the surviving passenger from the ill-fated Drummond Castle, states that the shock when the vessel struck was only slight, and that any danger was probably not known until the vessel began to sink. A concert had just concluded. A female passenger, the fourth officer, another passenger, and himself, he says, were astride a rail all night, he alone being rescued by fishermen after being in the water for 12 hours. The women of Breton launched a lifeboat to search for survivors.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 48, 22 June 1896, Page 2
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149THE MARINE DISASTER. Hastings Standard, Issue 48, 22 June 1896, Page 2
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