THE COLUMBIAN DISASTER.
STORY OF THE SURVIVORS
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES RECOUNTED.
(United Press Association.— Copyright.) MONTREAL, May lb. The rescued from the. Columbian aio tho chief officer, Robert Teire, saiipr Kendal, and Belacger, and fireman Lurwigsson. _ , Captain Johnson, the Senaca s commander, states that the survivors aban-. cloned the Columbian m the middle oi tho night,' but kept her in sight by tne glare of the flames until daylight, when rain fell, and tFey. lost sigh* of. the" vessel. The party remained in the neighbourhood hoping to bo picked up. Ihej. tried to light a lantern, but the-water-proof matches became wet. They driited thereafter, and saw steamer aft^ r.teamer pass by on tho horizon. A Ounarder came within plain sight , and beaded towards them, then changed her couvse and disappeared. Afterwards much rain and fog prevented them from see-ng other vessels. A sailors coat was hoisted in the boat aad caught the attention of the Senaoa's look-out, and led to the rescue.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20085, 20 May 1914, Page 5
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161THE COLUMBIAN DISASTER. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20085, 20 May 1914, Page 5
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