STEAMER WRECKED
BRITISH CRUISER TO THE RESCUE.
CREW SAVED. (Received April 20, 9 a.m.) CAPETOWN, April 19. The Portuguese steamer Lusitania, which was insured in London for £90,000, was wrecked at.Cape Point during a mist. The cruiser Forte and a tug took off the passengers and crew, numbering 800. The Lusitania's sister ship, the Lt?boa. was wrecked on 24th October last. (The Lusitania, a steel vessel of 5557 tons gross, was built in ]906 by Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., Ltd., Middlesbro'. The Lisboa, 7700 tons, was lost near Paternoster Point, on the West Coast of Cape Colony, seven persons being drowned.)
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10219, 21 April 1911, Page 5
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102STEAMER WRECKED Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10219, 21 April 1911, Page 5
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