A FERVENT CHOIR.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14013, 18 September 1909, Page 2

A FERVENT CHOIR.

(Received Sopt. 18, 8.65 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 17. i In- steamer Umhalat struck at Cape i emit in calm weather during a slight fug. Forty-seven passengers, many of uliom were in night attire, assembled on deck, believing the ship to be sinkn^i Pr « san " the hymn "Eternal father Strong To Save." The first boat with thirteen passengers Capsized, but all scrambled back oxrpot a baby. The other' boats headed seawards. Owing to the refusal of Lascars to row, the passengers and crew baled continuously with boots, hate and biscuit tins. . TJie disaster has, caused an increasing demand for a light house at Slant: Kop Point,