A TERRIBLE NIGHT.
SHBP'S CREW ON A ROCK.
RESCUE BOATS WRECKE&
TUG COMPELLED TO PBT BACK,
■By Telegraph" Press London-, February 23. Too efcw of the NorsvciisTi schooner Mexico, which was stranded off tho coast of Wexford, Ireland, spent a terriblo Might on tho rods, They have been without food, since Friday. There arc no signs of tho galo abating, and it is feared they will sUMu.inb before a rescue is possible, Tho tempest'compiled the lifeboats and a tug to return to part. All the Fethard fifCWat crew svoro drowned. Tito men ou tlie rocks belong to tho Mexico, Savon of the lifeboat men's corpses have been washed aslio.ro. THE EfiSOuiTpARTX SAB DETAILS. Olee. February 23, 1&.40 p,m.) London, February 23, Tlio Mexico w-as timber htden from La Grande, Oregon, to Liverpool, Her crc\y numbered tea. Five sf the Fethard boat's crow were married, one leaving a wife and ten ehild-rsn. TEMPESTUOUS WEEK-END. (Rec. February 23. 11.35|p.m.) London, February 2s, It was a tempestuous wcelwivd, the cuitire British coast being swept by storms. Many wrecks occurred. _ Lifeboats and rockets saved fifty livss.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1992, 24 February 1914, Page 5
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182A TERRIBLE NIGHT. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1992, 24 February 1914, Page 5
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