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(Received Dec. 14 0.5 a.m.) Ottawa, Dec. 13. The Alaskan, liner Olympia departed from Cordova or. Saturday. The after hold being empty tho storn was high, and the propeller almost useless. A storm sprang up, and the ves■sel was driven on to a reer, and a great hole was made in her amidships. TQie 126 passengers were saved. It is expected that the vessel will be a total loss. She resembles an iceberg, huge masses of ice sheathing the hullThe chief portion of the cargo was salvaged.
The same company's steamer North Western grounded in Puget Sound recently, and a woman who was aboardtho Olympia was also wrecked then.
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Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 12975, 14 December 1910, Page 4
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111FURTHER PARTICULARS. Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 12975, 14 December 1910, Page 4
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