TWO FATAL WRECKS.
riiv Er.ECTr.ic Telegraph—Copyri hit.j (Per I'p.ess Association.) Ri.e-.'lvi'd August IS, at 0.30 a.m. London, August 17. The steamer Martons sank in two minutes after colliding with the Elsa, ;il:d people were drowned, including amot her and Jier three children who uvre Travelling in the saloon. The third-class passengers were principally fuilVrmen with their wives and children. The captain, who was a septuagenarian, went down standing on One survivor swam for an hour. He was twice sucked under by a whirlpool. The Elsa picked up 65. The East African liner Khedive has b- eii totally wrecked on the rocks at Cape Morgan, South Africa. An officer was drowned. The vessel was valued at £70,000, and her cargo at i's'j.OOU.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10536, 18 August 1910, Page 3
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121TWO FATAL WRECKS. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10536, 18 August 1910, Page 3
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