MARINE TRAGEDY
CANADIAN SHIP SINKS SEVEN PEOPLE DROWNED RAFT USED BY SURVIVORS By Telegraph—Tress Association —Copyright (Received November '22, 7.5 p.m.) MONTREAL, Nov. 21 A telegram from Owen Sound, Ontario, reports that tho motor-ship Hibou heeled over suddenly and sank in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. The captain, stewardess and five seamen were drowned, 10 survivors reaching the shore on a raft paddled with their hands. They have been taken to hospital suffering from exhaustion and exposure. The Hibou was a motor-vessel of 55!) tons. Sho was built in 1906 and was owned by the Booth Fisheries Company Limited.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22583, 23 November 1936, Page 10
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98MARINE TRAGEDY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22583, 23 November 1936, Page 10
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