Perils of the Sea
MAIL STEAMER ASIIOUK. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright New York, January 13. The Royal Mail steamer Cobeipiid, from the West Indies to Halifax, is ashore at liriar island. Wireless messages report the position of the vessel as highly dangerous. A hundred and fifty persons were aboard. Tugs were despatched, but u terrific storm is raging- .. A little later the wireless messages ceased, and it is feared the vessel has foundered/ A .FRUITLESS SEARCH. Ite-jeived 15, 12.5 a.m. Halifax, January 13. A search for the liner (jobequid disclosed nothing definite.
The crew numbers 102. There were 15 second-class and five first-class passengers aboard, and their l'atc is unknown. The hurricane raging makes it «x tremely improbable that any escaped.
Cape Sable heard a wireless call announcing that a vessel had struck on a ledges oil' Briar Island, and that the en-gine-room was flooded, but thereafter there, was silence.
The Kronprinzessin Cecilie has been warned of the Coliequids plight.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 168, 15 January 1914, Page 5
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159Perils of the Sea Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 168, 15 January 1914, Page 5
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