ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE SOULS DROWNED
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New York, August 16 The steamers Thimvalla and Geiser came into collision off Sable Island, ninety miles S.E. of Nova Scotia, during the night. The. Geiser sustained serious injury, and sank within a few minutes, seventytwo of the passengers and thirty three of the crew going down with the vessel. There were thirty-one suvivors from the sunken steamer, and these, along with 4SO passengers on board the Thimvalla, were taken on board the steamer Willand, and brought here. The Thimvalla sustained damage m the collision, and the Captain decided to make for Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1923, 20 August 1888, Page 3
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104ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE SOULS DROWNED Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1923, 20 August 1888, Page 3
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