AGROUND ON A SANDBANK
MISHAP TO A LINER. REMOVAL OF PASSENGERS. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received August 19, 3.0 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 18. The owners of the Anchor Donaldson Company’s 13,475-ton liner Letjtia, which Is stranded on a sandbank in the Belfast Loch, state that the 260 passengers from Montreal, destined for Belfast, Liverpool, and Glasgow, were taken off by a tender shortly before noon to-day, and are proceeding by ordinary steamer.
The -Letitia went aground in a dense I fog late last night, and efforts to get her off made early this morning were unsuccessful.
It is expected she will be able to get away at next high water.
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19658, 19 August 1935, Page 8
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