THE RUEGEN DISASTER.
WHOLE PIER COLLAPSES. By Telcc'raph— Press Association—Copyright London, .Tulj- 20. The holidaymakcrs at the Island of Ruegen, ivho wero precipitated into tho sea and drowned through tho collapse of a pier, were watching a battle fleet, and mado a. iiiad rush towards an incoming steamer. Tho landinp stage collapsed, also tho pier, and 150 people wero precipitated into tho sea. A number of blucjackets and officers jumped into the water and rescued many. Twenty-one. bodies havo been recovered. It is feared that others arc submerged in tho ruins.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1506, 31 July 1912, Page 5
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91THE RUEGEN DISASTER. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1506, 31 July 1912, Page 5
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