SHIP BREAKS IN TWO
BUFFETED BY A STORM A HUNDRED LIVES LOST. •Mian and N. 55. Cable Association (Received August 29, 5.5 p.m.) DELHI, August 28. It is feared that nearly 100 lives have been lost as the result of a ferry boat disaster at the mouth of the Hooghly. The vessel, after being buffeted by wind and waves, capsized and broke in two. Tho passengers and cattle were carried away by the force of the current. A few survivors reached the Noakbali Coast. All those dead were Indian peasants.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12538, 30 August 1926, Page 11
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