Narrow Escape of the King.
-London, May 22, ' The yachts Shamrock I. and Shamrock Ij. wore about to start for a trial bn the .Solent when a sudden heavy squall ■ struck the vessels. The 'topmast o,f Shamrock 11. bnok’ed. the bowsprit snapped, and the ‘two ton mast leli OY-XhftWdj file Majesty the
Sing and Sir Thomas Lipton were seated on deck near the companion way, bur ware unhurt. The Kmg was t ikon on b >ard the Erin to Southampton. There was great excitement when the news became known.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 154, 25 May 1901, Page 3
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89Narrow Escape of the King. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 154, 25 May 1901, Page 3
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