FOUR SURVIVORS
OF FRENCH BARQUE HURRIED ESCAPE AFTER COLLISION STEAMER CAPTAIN’S STATEMENT Received Dec. 28. 5.5 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 27. There are four survivors from the barque Eugene Schneider, which {was sunk in collision with the steamer ; Burutu while on the last stage of a ’77-days’ journey from Nanoha. The ’collision was startlingly suddeiu The barque was struck amidships and sank in two minutes. The survivors jumped on to the deck Df the Burutu in the nick of time. The captain of the Burutu states that the Eugene Schneider showed no navigation lights. The vessels were interlocked until the barque filled and g&nk.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19732, 29 December 1926, Page 7
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103FOUR SURVIVORS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19732, 29 December 1926, Page 7
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