Painful Suspense.
THE WRECKED COBEQUID.
A FRUITLESS SEARCH.
[By Electric Telegraph —Copyright]
[United Press Association. I Halifax, January 13. A search for the liner Cobequid disclosed nothing definite.
The crew numbers 102. There were 15 second-class and five firstclass passengers aboard, and their
rate is unknown
The hurricane raging makes it extremely improbable that any escap-
Cape Sable heard a wireless call announcing that a vessel had struck on a ledge off Briar Island, and that the engine-room was flooded, but, thereafter there was silence.
The Kronprinzessin Cecilie has been warned of the Cobequid's plight.
REPORTED STILL ABOVE WATER
MUCH WRECKACE ASHORE.
(Received 11.35 a.m.)
St. John, January 14
According to reports, the steamer Cobequid is still above water. The reports, however, are not verified. The Canadian Government steamer. Lady Laurier, has been despatched in an endeavour to locate the wreck.
Much wreckage is ashore off the coast of Nova Scotia, but it is not known if it belongs to the C-obequid.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 13, 15 January 1914, Page 5
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162Painful Suspense. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 13, 15 January 1914, Page 5
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