THE REAL HERO.
REPUBLIC-FLORIDA COLLISION.
Received February 11, 9 a.m. LONDON, February 10. The real hero of the RepublicFlorida collision was an engine-hand on the Republic. The man, who was up to his neck in water, saved all aboard the steamer by opening a steam escap?.
The White Star liner collided with the Florida in a dense fog off Nantucket. The Florida crashed into the side of the the Republic abreast of the engine-rojm.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3114, 12 February 1909, Page 5
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74THE REAL HERO. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3114, 12 February 1909, Page 5
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