ANOTHER MARINE DISASTER.
GREAT LuSS OF LIFE. [UNITED PBHEB ASSOCIATION.! Havannah, September 19. The Spanish cruiser Sanoez Baredisteze. 935 tons, came into collision with a steamer at the entrance to the harbor of Havannah, and was wrecked. Thirty-four were drowned, including several officers, and 116 were saved. Havannah, September 20. Tbe collision was due to the extinction of the side-lights of the steamer which struck the warship, owing to the electric engine being stopped m order to extricate a sailor who bad got entangled m the machinery. The cruiser's b filers exploded and she sank m four minutes. An admiral was amongst those drowned. „____________
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 221, 21 September 1895, Page 2
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104ANOTHER MARINE DISASTER. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 221, 21 September 1895, Page 2
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