LINER AGROUND
AT VANCOUVER,
(United Press Association—By ElectricTelegraph.—Copyright.)
VANCOUVER, Oct. 13
The steamer Empress of Canada, the Canadian-Pacific Orient liner, is aground in the Strait of Puandefuca, at Vancouver island. The passengers have disembarked.
DANGER OF TOTAL LOSS.
VANCOUVER, Oct. 13,
The Empress of Canada is the largest liner plying on the Pacific coast. She is piled up within sight of the Empress Hotel at Victoria. There were two captains and a pilot on her bridge when the huge liner grounded.
She evidently lost her way in the fog, for they were miles outside of their proper course.
The ship’s bow was within fifty feet of a residence on the beach.
Several tugs attempted to pull her off to-night, but they were not successful. The weather is calm, hut a south-easter would spell disaster. NINETY-SIX ABOARD INJURED. VANCOUVER, Oct. 14. The liner Empress of Canada was returning from England, where she had undergone an extensive overhaul. Ninety-six of her passengers or crew were injured when she grounded in the heavy fog.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1929, Page 5
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