On the Sea
A LINER’S PERIL. CUNARD STEAMER NEARLY MINED. Per Press Association. (Received 12.35 p.m.) New York, December 16.
The Cunard liner Transylvania has arrived. She reports liaving narrowly escaped destruction by a mine to the north of Ireland. Two mines collided a short distance before the'bows and exploded, throwing a huge column of water into the air. A fragment of steel tore the railings of the vessel’s side. Three hundred and sixtysix passengers were aboard. The force of the explosion lifted the Transylvania’s bow out of the water.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 300, 17 December 1914, Page 5
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90On the Sea Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 300, 17 December 1914, Page 5
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