BURNING STEAMER SPEEDS TO PORT.
200 PASSENGERS SAVED FROM THE FLAMES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Reuter’s Telegrams. NEW YORK, November 17. Cape May (New Jersey) reports that the steamer Lenape. plying between New York and Jacksonville. Florida, is heading at full speed for the Delaware breakwater, eight miles distant, ablaze. The burning vessel was seen from the shore. The Lenape has 5 aboard 200 passengers. She is the fifth vessel of the Clyde Dine to be menaced by fire within recent years. Sydney •’Sun” Cable. (Receiver] November 19. >I.BO a in.) VA NCOU VKR, November 1 S'. Ail 1 lie passengers on (lie burned steamer Lenape have been rescued, and proceeded to their destinations by train. according to a radio received N nt Cape May. Ileutors Telegrams. (Received November 10. 11 am.) VANCOUVER. November 18. f*lvcr yne dozen passengers by the. Lenape suffered from bruises, exposure and burns. The burned hulk was scuttled two miles off the shore. Jt was later revealed that at least one life was lust. A man s body was picked up off Lewes, 1 Delaware.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17698, 19 November 1925, Page 8
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