OCEAN TRAGEDY AVERTED.
CAPTAIN PRAISED
[By Electric Telegraph—Com'right.]
(Peii Press Association-.1
Received June 1, at 11.85 p.m
London, June 1
The lvoyal Edward received a grout ovation at Avomnouth. _ passengers'declaro that Captain W ootkm s promptitude averted a disaster in Cabot Straits. The vessel reduced its spc«l owing to the Empress of Ireland s wireless warning that icebergs could be seen two thousand yards distant,. Captain Wootton reversed the engines ami put the ship head on. The boats won 1 swung out. and the passengers mustered, and some placed in the bo:its but the ship was not leaking h.Hlh>u<;li her bows were badly buckled.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12253, 2 June 1914, Page 4
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104OCEAN TRAGEDY AVERTED. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12253, 2 June 1914, Page 4
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