PERILOUS DAYS AT SEA.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1651, 18 January 1913, Page 5

PERILOUS DAYS AT SEA.

MORE WRECKS. LINER LOST NEAR OPORTO. ty Telojraph—Press Assocl«.tlon-Oopyrljb.t v \ Lisbon, January 16. Tho-English liner Voroneso, a vessel of frOG 3 tons, of tho Liverpool-Brazil Company's fleet, was wrecked during a galo • btt Leixoes, near Oporto. Sho had 375 passengers on board. Rescue boats wore unable to approach tho vessel. Some of them were 'smashed tm tho 'rocks. (Reo. January 18, 0.20 a.m.) Lisbon, January 17. Conflicting reports have been received Regarding tho wreck of the Veronese. Ono Sooount states that eighty-four passengers nave been landed and sixteen drowned, Bnd another that 'all wero saved.

I A HEAVY STORM. London, January 16. /Tho Furncss liner Avala, 3755 tons, for poston, has returned to Quoenstown. Tho captain and several of tho seamen Jvero injured during a tempest, which fcmashed tho rudder, dock cabins, and lifefcoats. SWEDISH VESSEL SAFE. , • London, January 10. t Tho Swedish steamer Noptunus, reportiftd to havo been lost on the Dogger Bank, ■ las arrived safely at Holsingfora. A' SARROW ESCAPE. ,(Keo. January 18/ 0,20 a.m.) London, January 17. Tho steamer Almeran, 2981' tons, of the Leyland Line, had a thrilling experience in the Atlantic. A hurricane smashed her steering gear, killed, a 6ailor, and stove in. the hatches.' The vessel had a barrow escape from foundering.