THIRTY LIVES LOST.
TRAIN FERRY FOUNDERS IN A • v ''--."'- J ■ gale: By Telesraph—Press Association-Oopyrieht London, September 10. The car. ferry, Pere Marquette, belonging to the Detroit Steam Boat Company, foundered during a gale on Lake Michigan, causing the loss' of thirty
: Thirty of the passengers were, rescued. , (Rec'Sept. 11, S'.s p.m.) ' The freight cars aboard'the Pere Marquette ferry became loosened in a gale, and ripped the vessel's sides. Wireless telegraphy was mad© us of to summon assistance. . N
The freight cars wore dropped into the.sea in an effort to lighten .the sinking vessel, and the Pere Marquette's own lifeboat- saved forty-five.persons. .
One lifeboat. from a • rescuing ferry boat was crushed against the side of its own boat, with the result that two men were drowned.
There are a number of car ferries named .the Pere Marquette belonging to the Detroit Steam Boat Company. They are twin screw steel vessels of, from 2000 to 3000 tons, gross.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 7
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156THIRTY LIVES LOST. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 7
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