LOST STEAMER AFRIQUE.
—„ -O-ORTY-THREE> SURVIVORS. p NO HOPE FOIi KEMAINDER. - ' '•'• IRecciv-l 5.5 if.m.)■>-> -i /■ Sims.' \[ IS - Jftn - "' Forty-three survivor?! ;'. from the 'Affile have been rescued. '' There is no hope for any of the- others. The /?!' total on board the vessel was 599.:. tEecd. 1015 P.m.) : PARIS, Jan. 15 '" Of the 600 passengers and crew of s'• the Afrique there are 43 survivors. There is practically no hope of other joscues. Several empty . boats and many rafts were found and also a boat containing nine corpses and a raft with three hats. The public draws melancholy conclusions from tie fact that not a woman or child has survived. The majority of the survivors consisted of the crew of Senegalese.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17371, 19 January 1920, Page 5
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118LOST STEAMER AFRIQUE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17371, 19 January 1920, Page 5
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