THE FLORIZEL DISASTER
FORTY' SAVED OUT OF 146. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and X.Z. Cabio Association/; ST. JOHN'S (NEWFOUNDLAND), February 25. The Rod Cross liner Florizel was bound for Halifax when 6he struck the rocks 1101 th of Cape Racc, in a blinding snowstorm. Tho shin carried 77 passengers and G9 of a crew, tho passengers including a number of officers and soldiers. Dories and lifeboats rescued '2G persons after they had spent the night on tho wreck. Numbers of bodies hare been washed ashore, apparently from the wrecked boats. Other rescues briDg the total saved so far to 40.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16147, 27 February 1918, Page 6
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100THE FLORIZEL DISASTER Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16147, 27 February 1918, Page 6
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