CATTLE STEAMER CAPSIZES
I • : j LONDON, Now" 20. i The cottle steamer Mtoruiont, earry- ; ing 210 cattle, cap.sized in tlie Mersey ! at dawn after a eollision witli the ' Empire Breat, formerly the Leitia, I bound for Halifax with 900 brides and I children of Canadian servieemen. ( Thousands of ferry passengers watched the cattle struggling in the water while ! the crcws of niotor-boats and tugs ruslied to the reseue, latssooing and ! dragging some aahore, but niany were | drowned. The Knipirc Brent with the brides ! lining the rails, docked with damaged l>u\\s, while the Stormont was towed to I the dock, where she is lying on her side with her superstructure almost subj merged. the slern slowlv sinking and | water pouring in tlie funnel. Tlioru 'were no linnian casualties. i Later a erowd watched the reeovery of Ihe eareases. The quayside opposite Ihe Stormont resembled a slaughter- | liouse as bulchers humanely killed tlie j dying beasfs. Nearly 100 cattle were lunded dcad or alive. It is believed [ that auother 100 are trapped in tlie sliip. A few are possiblv alive, but the tide haa precluded further attempts to reacli tlieni unlil lonight.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 November 1946, Page 3
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