GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 75, 27 November 1915, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

NEWFOUNDLAND DRY. PROHIBITION BY 404 VOTES. s f Unites Press Association.] (Received 9.40 a.m.) St. Johns, Newfoundland, Nov. 26. With the return of the St. Barbe ‘ district to hand, the report's are complete' from the eighteen electoral districts in Newfoundland on the prohibition plebiscite. St. Barbe registered •1060 for prohibition, and 437 against. This sets 9 lf the majority registered against the other districts. tiou, has therefore been carried by 404 ■ ’votes. CHILIAN SHIP LOST. VIOLENT GALE IN VANCOUVER^ ' . (Received 9.40 a.m.) .Victoria (British Columbia), Nov. 26.The Chilian four-masted full-rigged j iron ship, Carlemaju, was’lost with all. hands, numbering 25. The vessel j drove ashore before a terrific gale on the west coast of Vancouver Island, .The Canadian Pacific steamer, Princess Masquemia, at the risk of , herself, tried to rescue .mei) clinging to the wrecked craft, but o.wjng to the • strong sea ruimnig? she -wasj .unable to work in close enough-to ship one, and the sailors; from the wreck,.were waah- . ed overboard in sight of tlx© helpless crew of the Maccjueiitui. ; ‘ ____■ HURRICANE IN ARKSANSAS * , ' ’ —r , , .• 12 KILLED : s3O INJURED. ■ ■■ : ■ ■ (Received 9.40 a.m.) Nqw York, November 26. Twelve. were , killed and thirty iuf jured, some fatally, in a- hurricaii9 ; ' ‘ which swept the fanning district of. ; Littlecock, Atkatisaa. Much damage was done. Relief expeditions were, organised and worked till darkness forced them’ to stop. 'I