WRECK OF THE BEDFORD.
REEF SO FAR UNAPPROACHABLE. By Telegraph—Press Association-OopyrlEht Kobe, August 23. The British cruiser -Bedford, which ran ashore at Quolpart Island, south of Korea, striick with tremendous force. Tho seas were high after'a typhoon, and the water rushed in under tho armoured deck and swamped the engineroom. .'■■'' Vice-Adinirad Sir Alfred Winsloo, Commander-in-Chief on the China Station, at once- got into communicatiqn, by means of wireless telegraphy, with the Japaneso Admiralty, "which seut a fleet of warships and salvaging vessels. However, it was found impossible to approach tho reof where the cruiser lies. .-..■.' ■ . The Bedford is pounding the rocks. Salvage work was begun to-day.' "
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 904, 25 August 1910, Page 7
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106WRECK OF THE BEDFORD. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 904, 25 August 1910, Page 7
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