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WBECKED OFF IRELAND. ONLY ONE LIFE LOST. ONE BOAT CAPSIZED. ILALF-AN-HOUR IN WATER. By Telefraph—Preis Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. 19, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 17. The Leyland Liner Asian (5600 tons), from New Orleans, is ashore at Shag Rock, between Gelley Head and Fastnet, on t'he south-west coast of Ireland. The vessel struck at five o’clock in the morning in a thick mist, with heavy seas. The task of lowering the boats was most difficult. One capsized and the occupants were in the water for half-an-hour before they were picked up by t'he captain’s boat. A fireman, one of the capsized lot, wa« dashed against the rocks and died after his rescue. IFour adults and two children, passengers on the boat, with seventy-five members of the crew, were afloat for two hours before they were rescued by the destroyer Sea Wolf. The Aeian is rapidly breaking up.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1924, Page 5
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149A LINER ASHORE. Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1924, Page 5
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