Appalling Disaster.
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright), (Per Press Association!.
• LONDON. Nov. 20. The London South-Western Railway Company's steamer Hilda, Captain Gregory, with a crew of 28, belonging to Southampton, and carrying about 20 ordinary passengers, and 60 Breton onion sellers, was wrecked in the Gulf of St. Malo and all aboard were drowned, except ono sailor and four Bretons, who were rescued, after clinging to the ringing for eight hours. ° The Hilda left Southampton on Friday night. She was detained at Hurst Castle by a tog and encountered heavy seas and snowstorms in the Channel.
In a thich fog at St. Malo she struck rocks on Sunday. * Only her funnel and masts arc visible at low water. The lifeboat was louiid empty at St. Cast, where 13 bodies were washed ashore. Four bodies were recovered at St. Malo. The majority of the passengers were asleep when the vessel struck. There were terrible scenes of grief at Southampton, St. Malo and St. Brieuc when the news became known. Renter's correspondent at St. Servan reports that 123 were drowned.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8146, 21 November 1905, Page 5
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