On the Sea
THE HESPERIANS PLIGHT. „ NOT ;SUN K( BUT DAMAGED. TWO HOLDS' FULL OF WATER. PASSENGERS IN TOW TO QUEENSTOWN. ' EXPLOSION CAUSES' INJURY TO TWENTY PERSONS. BLIND JOYFUL EXPERIENCE. United Press Association. (Received 1.55 p.mj London, September 5. It is now believed that the Hesperian carried thirty first-class passen-j gers, 11" second-class-, amt two hundred steerage passengers, who are being towed to Queenstown, twenty of the crew remaining aboard. j The vessel was torpedoed without i warning near the bows. The two for-] ward holds are full of water. j The explosion injured 20 passengers i and members of the crew. A Canadian soldier who was blinded in France entered a boat which capsized, and while swimming bo discovered that the shock, had restored Ids eyesight. He was overjoyed. tiffs r v <'
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6, 6 September 1915, Page 6
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133On the Sea Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6, 6 September 1915, Page 6
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