THE NAUTILUS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1931, Page 5

THE NAUTILUS

STILL UNDER TOW. (Unitea Dress Association—By Eloctn Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received this day at 9.25 a.m) NEW YORK, June 16. A message from the United States battleship Arkansas, en route from Copenhagen, states the battleship Wyoming to-day was towing the Nautitus in a heavy rainstorm and fog towards Ireland. The Nautilus engines are still disabled. The battleship is having difficulty, in towing and was slowed down by the heavy weatner.

SEARCH FOR BODIES. PREPARING FOR BURIAL SERVICE (Received this day at 1.5 p.m.) NANTES, June 16. A mass fnneral, such as might follow a battle, will draw a pall over the St. Philbert disaster, in which the death roll is tenfold that of R.lOl disaster. The burial service will be held in the Cathedral on June 19, if enough bodies are then identified, The bodies of four women were cast up to-day. The remains of many victims may never he interred, because two hundred bodies are still within tlie wreck. Salvage apparatus is coming from Bros/ and divers will explore the possibilities of raising the ship and removing it as it is a. menace to navigation ami the recovery of the corpses. With six exceptions, the victims could be iiidentified only by clothing and personal ornaments, indicating the sweeping nature of the catastrophe. Every occupant of a three storey apartment perished, except the caretaker, who did not participate in the excursion. Government are legislating for the immediate relief of the dependants of the victims.