LIGHTSHIP WRECKED.
TWENTY-FIVE LIVES LOST.
(Received May 24th, 0.0 p.m.)
HALIFAX, May 23
Wreckage discovered near Liscomb indicates the loss of tho now lightship No. 19 with tweuty-fivo of a crew. Throo bodies havo been found.
The lightship is believed to havo struck a rock during a coastal fog.
The steamer Dufferin sighted lifebelts belonging to tho lightship.
A government search-vessel has been despatched.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14976, 25 May 1914, Page 7
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