WRECK OF THE NILE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 11, 14 January 1915, Page 5

WRECK OF THE NILE.

P. AND O. BOAT FOUNDERS

PASSENGERS AND CREW

RESCUED.

[Pkess Association.! (Received Jan. 13, 1.50 p.m.) TOKIO,, Jan. 12. Ihe P. and O. steamer Nile struck Howsro rock, off Awashima Island, in the inland sea. at midnight on Monday and sank in thirty -fathoms. The Fukuju Maru rescued the passengers and crtnv. ;

Th« \Nile- was in charge of a pilot