Terrible Ferry Accident.
(Per Press Association.)
Sydney, March 15
News by the China steamer reports a terrible ferry disaster near Foo Chow. A vessel was crossing the Haitang Straits, from Haikao, with 108 passengers on board, and being overloaded, sank.
Only four were saved. Amongst the drowned were three children of the Chief Pastor of the American Methodist Church, Haitang.
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Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8610, 15 March 1897, Page 2
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