SUNK IN THE NILE.
FERRY STEAMERS IN COLLISION. TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April 9. Reuter’s Cairo correspondent says that a crowded ferry steamer sank in the Nile at midnight. It is believed 200 people were drowned. An excursion steamer with 300 persons aboard collided with another steamer. The latter saved many of the excursion steamer's passengers, but many were drowned. Seventeen bodies ■ave already been recovered. The city has been plunged in mourning. (Received April 10, 11 0.m.) CAIRO, April 10. A terriblo panic followed the collision. The number of drowned is still unknown.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15900, 11 April 1912, Page 7
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101SUNK IN THE NILE. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15900, 11 April 1912, Page 7
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