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Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright Auckland, December 1. Arrived — R.M.S. AJameda, vith English and American mails. The steamer Triton for Havanah to Bahia struck a rock on October 16th. The cargo shifted and she sank in fifteen minutes, 42 persons were rescued and over 100 lost. A scene of terrible confusion and panic ensued as soon as the passengers realised the meaning of the crash. In the wild struggle thsy rushed for the boats. The first boa> lowered capsized immediately and all ;he occupants were drowned. The next wai struck by and enormous wave and turned over drowning 20, bat the frail craft righted again and eight regained it. Some good swimmers kept afloat iot hours, others floated for 24 hours on planks. The currents carried them east of Havannah. An army captain, his wife, and daughter, went down together locked in a last embrace. A mother with twins 15 months old drifted helplessly aw ay on the crest of a great wave. All the otiier ladies and children were lost. As the Triton was sinking Captain Uicardo, the master, committed suicide by shooting himself. The latest report from Klondike states suffering and death await mmy who hurried to the goldfields unprepared to face the hard winter and shortage of food that may result in appalling hardships.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 131, 2 December 1897, Page 2
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