Sinking of a Steamer While Coaling.
FIVE PERSONS DROWNED. (Per Press Association). London, Dec. 15. # While the Orotava was coaling at Tilbury sbc listed to starboard, aud the port boles beiug open she filled rapidly, the hull being submerged. Five of tbose on board were drowned, the water coming in so suddenly as to prevent then 1 escape. ___________
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 143, 16 December 1896, Page 2
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58Sinking of a Steamer While Coaling. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 143, 16 December 1896, Page 2
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