SIX SEAMEN DROWNED
STEAMERS COLLIDE IN THICK FOG OLD SHIP SINKS SWIFTLY CHICAGO, Friday. Six members of the crew of the ore carrier Senator were drowned when she collided with the steamer Marquette in the middle of the morning in a dense fog. The Senator was an old-time iron ship. She filled immediately and sank in 10 minutes. The master. Captain Finch, was rescued. The crew of the Marquette rescued three men and a passing schooner saved nine others. The total number of lives lost in the wrecks caused by the recent storms on the Great Lakes is 115.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 810, 2 November 1929, Page 11
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99SIX SEAMEN DROWNED Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 810, 2 November 1929, Page 11
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