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k FRIGHTFUL SCENE. EXCEL! EtfT cdNIJUOT dF CREW. SAVED BY THE GERMA NIC. GREAT-ANXIETY IN LONDON. j. THE CAUSE- A MYSMRt. ■ Lojrrion,Augnat2L The scene bn board' the City of Montreal to reported to have' been a most terribly Axoiting finri Yho greatest CUnfuiion Kt first pts-, vailed, blit owing to the excellent Conduct of the erbw, the passengers wen All got safely into the boats, into which an- ample supply of provisions and water was plkoed. The weather was extremely fine at the time, otherwise an Awful lose of life Would have resulted.
After being two days on the water, the occupants of the boats were picked up by the s.s. Germanic, of the White Star line, and brought on to Queenstown. Thirteen persons were Idst oWing to the swamping of one of the boats. Of them six belonged to the crew, the other seven being paßsengetk.'The London and Paris offices of the Inman line hate been literally besieged by anxious enquirers Who had friends od board.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 31, 23 August 1887, Page 2
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