LIFEBOAT DISASTER.
EIGHT MEN DROWNED
DEATH FROM EXCITEMENT.
Received November 16,1.10 a.m. London, November 14. A brig entering the River Tees struck a sandbank, and the lifeboats were proceeding to the stranded vessel to bring the crew ashore, when one capsized, and eight men were drowned, in full view of the crowds of spectators assembled, on the shore.
A woman in the crowd dropped dead from excitement.. The brig's crew were subsequently safely landed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9213, 16 November 1888, Page 5
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