LOSS OF THE HATFIELD.
EIGHTEEN PERSONS DROWNED.
SHIP SINKS IN SEVEN MINUTES'.
[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.] LONDON. Oct. 3. Eighteen persons aboard the steamer Hatfield were drowned when the vessel sank, after being struck by the disabled steamer. Glasgow, which had gone to render assistance. The captain of the Glasgow states that the Glasgow was lifted by a huge wave, and crashed upon the heavily-laden Hatfield, which sank in seven minutes. LONDON, Oct. 3.
A man rescued-from the Hatfield had been asleep in his bunk. Ho heard the inrush of water. He jumped into the sea,' and clambered on to a floating hatch.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3340, 5 October 1911, Page 5
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102LOSS OF THE HATFIELD. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3340, 5 October 1911, Page 5
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