CABLEGRAMS
ANOTHER DISASTER. LOSS OF AN ATLANTIC -LINER. •TWIST Fiaa ari» waMbSEVEN HUNDBEI) SdULS 8n BOa’ID. ONLt Liras tost. • Losoox, Auguit 20. Intelligence just received from Queenitown reports tbe losi by fire of one of the Inman Company’s iteameti, in mid-ocean briween New York and Liverpool, The a.e. City ol Montreal, tbe vessel lost; was .one ol the flneitof the traniAtlktiiid liitofi; bring fiver 50dO trine, arid poieeselng a great reputation for speed Arid safety. She left New York on the Bth instint, with A crew of 125 men. and w|)to making, a .total dl about tOO souls. On Thursday, the 11th, when about 1200 miles from New York, a fire wae discovered in the forehold which, despite the utmoet exertions, spread rapidly to all parte of the vessel. After burning some hours the vessel sank, the passengers and crew having previously taken to the boats. "
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 31, 23 August 1887, Page 2
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146CABLEGRAMS Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 31, 23 August 1887, Page 2
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