Forty-tlnee miners wcro ki.lcc! and 1H injured a,s the rcvsailt of an exj)l(isi(ii> in the- Aflicnbr.c1!] niiiK', Gorni:i?iy. Tho CinjMiiiin I^H'ific Kiiihvay Company lias phu.'Cfl ordcj\s with ilcssns Burr-lay and Curie, of Olasirfsw, for two liners of 12.') i'M) t£>::s oaeli, with a £pwd of ■.•sixteen kii-ol?. The- icycHH' from the Kinking <-.l:ip HtM't'.oloun i;i th-t> liny of .fjiso-yv of t^'O wt)tiif. iM iin:l. a h:)by—tho only paspenjiort; —av:jk desf-ribed on tlic arrival of thil- J*. and 0. .liner Marmora jit J-ly-luoutli. Owi;:^ to tho war Mr*. W-oostt.v r v.-ilh lior child, .:•.. l.icy twenty i:i:;:tt!i« old, X.'id h-er ' sister, Mi-'rfi .J{ini:'ikx v, h>ft Confitanti'iK/pk} in tin; Barcelona for their home at Wembly. in a sto'nu in tlio Bay of Biscay the rcir^o «hil'iod, the stewing ;j;e::r broke-! ■''own, anrl v!::» Jr'febor.ta were smaslnx! or away «\vi>pt away. The two worneir arid th.-r f-.'by wore- confined to the eapt.'ii1-;: lii.i.rjtvl ralin until the 31 armor a •.■:\m(- ;:.lr;i-s?cK', and then it tenk forir hours to y? r:v.uc ihein. Ti'cx baby wan 'hvaftlmj-.-.i! into the Murmora'i; life!:ont and .>•■,'■■.-.•• ■!.'■.mr.lc." jumped safely, but .Mi? V\ r;m:.t:-v f;:!l iy.to the- sea. S'.|ie-\v:v; drilled into tho lifeboat. T!i<. fr^Y wrrt- biter .■;;i;- W M)y tlm Germa:i f.tcniiifr Capo Ortcgal.
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13643, 7 February 1913, Page 2
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204Untitled Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13643, 7 February 1913, Page 2
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