SHEEP TO DEATH.

Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 50, 17 July 1906, Page 2

SHEEP TO DEATH.

TERRIBLE EXPERT A NCE LN /ATLANTIC LINER. During the voyage of the Cunard liner Can:pania from Liverpool to Now York recently, a huge wave swept over the vessel as she was passing the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The Campania was making full headway, and the decks were crowded. The steerage deck was full of merrymakers. Suddenly the steamer lurched to port and scooped up an enormous sea. The wave came on board amidships on the port side and swept clean across the steerage deck. The steamer’s side was buried so deeply that the passengers on the deck above were submerged to the waists as the immense volume of water rolled aft and then surged forward. All the passengers on the upper deck, clinging to supports, were saved, but the irresistible power of the water poured over the steerage deck, and, sweeping towards the forward part of the ship, carried everything before it. The force of the rushing waters smashed a door in the rail, and through this opening five helpless creatures were swept to death. A BRAVE STEWARDESS. A young women had her legs broken, and several persons had broken arms and ribs, while over a score were bruised and battered. Several children were being carried directly towards the open door through which the other persons had been drawn into the sea, when Stewardess Cotes and a steward dashed to the rescue and dragged them into safety. This is the first time for 60 years that the Cunard line has lost a passer**::"- by accident.