No Survivors.
WRECK OF LIGHTSHIP. STRUCK DURING A FOC. TBy Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyeighx] [United Press Association.) Halifax, May 23. Wreckage discovered near Liscombe indicates the loss of the new lightship, No. 19, with a crew of twentylive. Three bodies have been found. The lightship is believed to have struck a rock during a coastal fog. The steamer Dufferin sighted lifebelts belonging to the lightship. A Government search vessel was despatched. ALL HOPE ABANDONED. (Reeeived 8.40 a.m.) Halifax, May 24. The battered hull of the lost lightship was found amongst the breakers at Liscombe Island. The vessel struck during a fog. Six bodies were recovered, but hope has been abandoned of saving the remainder of the crew of twenty-five Scotchmen. The steamer Dufferin found the lightships lifeboats, and is continuing the search. Some of the crew may have scrambled ashore on Rocky Island, which is in the neighbourhood. The lightship was making her maiden voyage from the builders at Paisley, Scotland.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 28, 25 May 1914, Page 5
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159No Survivors. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 28, 25 May 1914, Page 5
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