THE WRECK OF THE IROQUOIS.
.VESSEL FOUNDERS WITHIN VIEW OV HUNDREDS. DISASTER DUE TO SHIFTING CARGO. By Telegrapn.— Press Association.— Copyright, VANCOUVER, 11th April. Further details of the wreck of the" Iroquois, a small steamer of 195 tons gross, engaged in tho coastal trade from, Victoria (8.C.), show that eighteen lives were lost. The vessel foundered at> the mouth of the port within view or hundreds ofi people. A launch started to her rescue, but its machinery failed, and it was unabla to reach the drowning people. Many who were afloat on the upper works of the steamer dropped off one by one, though several floated ashore on pieces of wreckage. The capiain, with several passengers and five of th© crew, escaped in a damaged lifeboat. The disaster was due to the shifting of cargo. A number of women, who were penned in a deckhouse, added to the confusion with their screams. They could not be rescued, and sank with, the vessel. v AMENDED DEATH ROLL. (Received April 12, 2 p.m.) NEW YORK, lltb April. The loss of life by the Iroquois uieaßt ter is now stated to bo sixteen.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 86, 12 April 1911, Page 7
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