FERRY-BOAT DISASTER.
101 PEOPLE DROWNED. (/ V/' P/v-vs- Asx'iriati'iit—( njiijri'iht.) Sydnky, This day. New by the China steamer reports a terrible ferry disaster near Foochow. The vessel was crossing the Haitang Straits from Haikaio, with 108 passengers on board, and being overloaded sank". Only four were saved. Among those drowned were three children of the chief pastor of the American Methodist Church of Haitang.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 271, 15 March 1897, Page 3
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63FERRY-BOAT DISASTER. Hastings Standard, Issue 271, 15 March 1897, Page 3
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