TOLL OF THE SEA.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 12 May 1925, Page 12

TOLL OF THE SEA.

DETAILS OF LAKE DISASTER. Hy Cablt—P.tosa Association —Copyright NEW YOIIK, May 10. Details of the loss of the Norman show that the Society of Civil Engineers of the southern States, completed a convention at Lake View, Mississippi, and embarked on a pleasure jaunt aboard two old-time Mississippi steamers, specially refitted for the occasion. They stopped for, supper in a cotton field, and had just embarked and swung into the stream when the Norman struck a snag and overturned almost immediately. Fifty passengers and the crew; were precipitated into the water. The lost include Mr John . Coleman, president of the American Society ot Civil Engineers, and Mr Walter Bernard, editor of “Engineering News.” ’ Two bodies of the twenty-two drowned when the Norman capsized in one of the swiftest stretches of the lower Mississippi were recovered on Saturday. Five of the crew were drowned, the ' rest being members of the Engineers’ Convention. Divers will attempt to release the bodies, which are thought to be imprisoned in the submerged vessel.