WRECK OF THE FLORIZEL.
FURTHER DETAILS. Australian Cable Association. St. Jolm's, Newfoundland, Feb. 25. The Red Cross liner Florizel was bound for Halifax and struck the rocks north of Cape Race in a blinding snowstorm. The ship carried 77 passengers and a crew of 09, including a number of officers and soldiers. Dories and a lifeboat rescued 36 after they had spent a night on the wreck. Numbers of bodies have been washed ashore, apparently from the wrecked boats. Other rescues bring the <otal saved so far to 40.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 February 1918, Page 5
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89WRECK OF THE FLORIZEL. Taranaki Daily News, 27 February 1918, Page 5
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