LINER ASHORE.
PASSENGERS SAFE. SURVIVORS OF VESTRIS IN- - ELUDED. • ichi Breaß Asaucuitioii —By Electrics Telegraph Copyright..! (Australian Association. ) Received 10.25 a.m. to-day. LONDON, Dec. 10. The White Star liner Celtic is ashore on. the rocks at Queenstown. Tlie passengers, including thirty of the Vestris 1 ’ (survivors, .safely disembarked.
VESSEL HIGH AND DRY AT LOW TIDE.
EFFORTS TO TOW HER OFF FAIR. Received' 11.25 a.m. to-day. LONDON, Dec. 10. The Celtic went ashore in the darkness while entering Cork Harbour. Efforts to tow her off were unavailing and the receding tide , :!eft her high and dry on the nocks". It is understood that she is holed, and that there is twelve feet of water in some compartmente. Renewed 1 efforts to refloat her will be made at high tide. Tenders removed 255 passengers. The crew is standing by.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 December 1928, Page 5
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