Information has been received at Queenstown that during a voyage- from St. John's, Newfoundland, to fialifax, the British cruiser Brilliant experienced a hurricane, attended by mountainous seas. ' A large cutter was smashed to pieces,, three great haml-steering wheels were broken, doors leading to the officers' cabins torn from their hinges and the 'quarteis' flooded, and'the wireless mast was brought to the deck,, with, a crash. Potty Officer Watson was dashed by a great wave against the bulkhead, and was picked up blcedin'e and unconscious.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 15
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84Untitled Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 15
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