THE PHILBERT DISASTER
DEATH ROLL NEARLY 500. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at 8 a.m.) PARIS, June 16. . With the announcement that, many children were calling for free'' tickets, the loss ds now feared in the Saint Philibert deathroll to be between 470 and 500 wherepf only seventy-nine bodies have, been recovered. Two seaplanes flying over the spot counted 150 bodies. When Nantes Co-operative Society offices reopened, only ttvo employees out of 35 fvere present. The remainder were victims -of .the disyter, CAPTAIN’S BODY RECOVERED. LONDON, June 16. A St. Nazaire report states the body of Captain Ollive has been washed ashore.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1931, Page 5
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