DISASTERS AT SEA
STEAMER STRIKES A MINE. 700 ON BOARD DROWNED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) PARIS, Jan. 10. There were 700 aboard the steamer Princess Mafalda, bound from Argentine to Genoa. An unconfirmed report states that the vessel struck a mine, and was lost with all hands. A STEAMER TOTALLY WRECKED. VERY HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. 26 SURVIVORS OUT OF 465. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received January 14, 1.45 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 13. The steamer Afrique, bound to West Africa from France, was damaged in the gale, and when returning to port was sunk in the raging sea. Twentysix survivors were saved with difficulty. Reuter states that the Afrique was totally wrecked off La Rochelle, only 26 out of the 465' passengers, being saved. 33 OF CREW OF 40 DROWNED, Received January 14, 12.10 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 11.
Thirty-three out of 40 of the crew of the steamer Treaval, which was wrecked at Kimmeridge, were drowned.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14263, 14 January 1920, Page 5
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