ICEBERG STRUCK

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 16 April 1928, Page 5

ICEBERG STRUCK

BY CANADIAN STEAMER

TWO OF CRIIW KILLED

STEAMER BADLY DAMAGED

Unite 1 Press Association H> ilhvtric Telegraph -Copyright.

LONDON, 15th April With hei hows badly buckled and ihe forepart of the main deck smashed In matchwood, the Canadian I'acilic liner Montrose arrived al Liverpool. the captain reported that he had hcen in collision with an iceberg during a dense fog 800 miles from the Canadian coast. Two of the crew were killed and two passengers injured. The impact was terrific. Fortunately the sea was culm and there was no panic.

PASSKN'UERS PREPARE l-'OR WORST United Service. LONDON., 15th Apr,l. "The Montrose was si earning .slowly when a, huge double iceberg loomed in the fog ami lowered above the ship's masts," said a passenger. "Captain Lundy had to decide whether to go between the two pails of the iceberg and risk I lie ship's sides Indue ripped open, or go direct, for one of the bergs. Without hesitating he look Ihe latter course. The ship quivered and rocked ominously. Wireless messages were sent mil and passengers, weni quietly In their stations. The captain slowly backed his ship, and within thirty minutes the passengers were informed that there was no immediate danger and thev could discard their lifebelts.'''

Before disembarking the passengers assembled on the upper deck and cheered Captain Lundy.