WRECK OF THE DRUMMOND CASTLE.
THE SURVIVOR'S NARRATIVE.
BRAVE WOMEN OF BRETON. London, June 19. The Drummond Castle was travelling at the rate of 14 miles an hour when she struck, and she sank in 20 fathoms of water. The engineers prevented an explossiori of the boilers by letting off the steam. Jnne 10.— Mark Hardt, the Bole surviving passenger from the ill-fated' Drummond Castle, states that the shock was only slight, and that any danger probably was not known until the vessel began to sink. A concert had just concluded. } A female passenger, the fourth officer, another passenger and himself, he says, were astride a rail all night, he alone being' rescued by the fisherman after being in the water for twelve hours. The women of Breton launched a life. boat to search for the survivors.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7662, 22 June 1896, Page 2
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