A Terrible Experience.
V "*;* '-^P?^* October 19. !n distress. while^eni route fro^MeU»ume 4 tpDurban Shs; had 700,,remounta .aboard, and L encquptered aterrjfiogaJe 4 o#Cape Boxda,, compelling. her, to, lay, to, ; The ? horses were dreadfully' knocked about, and were frantic with |«ror. -..•>. ...... -,; t ~. \'l '- f P«W, cr «fe>Bba|t brokej and * the vessel Jay helpless, in jie trough of ■•< tht whtch broke right opf her,* staving in , her bulwarks,!. .Hprseboxes* \ were swept overboard and down the hold, where the hones lay piled inheaps, dead ' and dying, ~ .... A' passing steamer stoodiby, and when the gale moderated. somewhat, hawsers were twice got aboard, but broke, and the attempt to tow the disabled steamer had to be given up. After three days in the gale, the City of Lincoln's engineers managed to disconneot the broken engines, and fitted machinery which enabled her to steam to this port. The vessel presented an extraordinary ippaaranoe, the decks being piled with iead and dying horses, and altogetht r ib ;ut 200 were lost.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 118, 22 October 1901, Page 4
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165A Terrible Experience. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 118, 22 October 1901, Page 4
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