STEAMER STRIKES MINE.
THE SENEGAL DISASTER
CAPTAIN'S ADMIRABLE COOLJTESS.
By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright Constantinople, May 22. Five men of the crew of the Messageries Maritimes steamer Senegal were killed and six wounded in the explosion resultant on the vessel striking a floating mine off Smyrna. The rest of the 120 persons aboard were saved. - It was an automatic mine that the Senegal struck. Her starboard bow_ was lipped. The captain showed admirable coolness, and succeeded in beaching tho
vessel. Three sailors were drowned. The passengers and mails were saved.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1758, 24 May 1913, Page 5
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89STEAMER STRIKES MINE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1758, 24 May 1913, Page 5
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