MARITIME CASUALTIES.
THE SANTA ROSA WRECK. WHAT CAUSED THE DISASTER. [TfNiTED PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.] ! NEW YORK, July 9. In connection with the Santa Rosa wreck, a passenger states that the captain stood on the bridge, armed, and threatened passengers who wished to be sent ashore. If; was only when the vessel began to break up and the men went in a body, threatening violence, t]iat. preparations were made to save those aboard. The report that- the captain of the Santa Rosa brutally treated passengers is denied. The latest reports confirm the statement that only four lives were lost. Rescxied passengers declare that the officers’ mismanagement caused the disaster. LSNER ON THE ROCKS. P. AND O. VESSEL IN DANGER. LONDON. July 9. .The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company’s liner Caledonia, when leaving Plymouth, struck the • rocks soxxth-east of Drake’s Land. The engines were reversed, and the ship was tugged off the reef at high tide. The Caledonia is not seriously damaged.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3266, 11 July 1911, Page 5
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160MARITIME CASUALTIES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3266, 11 July 1911, Page 5
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