A PERIILOUS EXPERIENCE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 8998, 9 November 1907, Page 2

A PERIILOUS EXPERIENCE.

Recieved Nov. 0, 10.7 a.m. Per Press Association.—Copryight. Sydney, November 9. The river steamer, Laxly Beatrice, had a perilous experience on the Clarence River. She broke down near the heads, and was rapidly carried towards the bar and tiie North Spit. Twenty passengers, half ot them women, were huddled m the cabin whilo lu.avy seas swept oyer the vessel. A tug went to her assistance and with difficulty got a line aboard and towed the Lady Beatrice half full of water to safety.