WALKING THE PLANK
A GANGWAY COLLAPSES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, May 20. The adjustable end of a gangway at the Caiman Dock, Seattle, collapsed, and sixty persons, who were about to go on board a steamer, were flung into the water. Two persons were drowned, and the others ■were rescued by the boats of a steamer near by. Young, a negro bootblack, leaped in and rescued six persons. A rain of life preservers from the docks and steamers aided many to keep afloat, but a woman encumbered with a child sank. ' ' »— *
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 279, 22 May 1912, Page 5
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92WALKING THE PLANK Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 279, 22 May 1912, Page 5
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