EXCITING EXPERIENCE.
STEAMER'S NARROW ESCAPE.
(Press' Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright). . (Received Novembor J), 11.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, November 91 !■". The river steamer Lady Beatrice had a perilous experience en the Clarence river. She broke down tteaf the Heads and was rapidly carried towards the <, bar and North Spit. Twenty passengers, half women, were huddled in the cabin while heavy seas swept over the vessel. A tug went to j her assistance and with difficulty got a line aboard and towed the Lady Beatrice, half full of water, to safety.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11122, 9 November 1907, Page 5
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