A COMPLETE WRECK.
THE STEAMER UMHLALI. PASSENGERS RESCUED WITH DIF* ICULTY. United Press ussocintion—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. CAPETOWN, September 17. The steamer Umhlali, which went ashore at Cape Point, SDuth Africa, while on a voyage from London to Natal, has become a complete wreck, The vessel struck in calm water, with a little tog. Forty seven passengers, many of them in their night attire, assembled on deck and believing tiie steamer to be sinking sang the hymn "Eternal Father, strong to save." The first boat that was launche ', containing thirteen passengers, was capsized. All scrambled back except a baby. This wes the onlv life lost—not eleven ilves, as stated previously. The other boats were headed seawards. Owing to the refusal of the lascars to row, the passengers and crew bad to row, ai-d to bale out the boats continuously with boots, hats, and biscuit tans. The disaster has caused an increasing demand for a lighthouse at Slang Kop Point.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9599, 20 September 1909, Page 5
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159A COMPLETE WRECK. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9599, 20 September 1909, Page 5
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