THE FARMERS COLUMN.
Burnside Stock Sale.
SEVERE GALES IN EUROPE.
Wreck of a Steamer. Serious Loss of Life. Severe gales are raging in England and Northern Europe. The wind hud a velocity of 60 miles an hour. The Great Eastern Railway Company’s steamer Berlin, from Harwich, was wrecked near Rotterdam, being driven ashore at fi v e in the morning on Voornc Island. She quickly broke amidships. Tugs and lifeboats vainly tried to approach, the heavy sea running preventing them. A few persons were still clinging to the wreck at noon on Thursday, but the chances of rescue are hopeless. The Berlin had 120 passengers, including Mr Arthur Herbert, the King’s messenger, and 16 members of the German Opera Company from Covent Garden Theatre. The crew numbered 60.
Only two have been saved, and 25 bodies have boon recovered,
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Lake County Press, Issue 2158, 28 February 1907, Page 5
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