LOSS OF THE DELHI.
A DIFFICULT LANDING. PASSENGERS ALL SAVED. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. TANGIER, Dec. 15. Most of the Delhi’s passengers escaped half naked. The natives did their best io relieve the passengers. The Princess Royal’s jewel case was washed from the boat and lost. Three Lascars were drowned while taking passengers through the surf. After the Duke of Fife had landed, almost all the boats capsized owing to the heavy surf, and the passengers waded waist deep towards the shore. The last passengers were rescued by moans of a rocket apparatus, MESSAGE FROM QUEEN ALEXANDRA. (Received Dec. 16. 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 15. Queen Alexandra telegraphed to President Fallieres expressing grateful thanks for the noble services of the French sailors at the Delhi wreck, and profoundly deploring the sacrifice of brave men.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143672, 16 December 1911, Page 3
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133LOSS OF THE DELHI. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143672, 16 December 1911, Page 3
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