STEAMER GROUNDED.
PANIC-STRICKEN PASSENGERS. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received September 30. 12.45 p.m. NEW YORK, Sep-u. 29. The Manhattan Steamship Company's j steamer Mowhawk grounded near! Poughkeepsie (on the east bank of the Hudson River), having 300 passengers aboard, some of whom became panic-' (stricken and .'•everal we--© injured in ! tilie rush for the boats. The officers restored order and other craft removed ; all the passengers ashore safely. j A collapse .of the steering gear was th© cause of the accident.
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Mataura Ensign, 30 September 1913, Page 5
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85STEAMER GROUNDED. Mataura Ensign, 30 September 1913, Page 5
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