AMERICAN" LINER MINED.
PASSEDEIJ.S ' i?'.KSdUiTi> WITH DIFFFCFLTY.
SHU* TOWED TO DOCK
"Australian ;ir»d N.Z. Cable Association "(R..H-eivetl. April 12, 0.55 p.m.) LONDON, April 11. The- .American liner New York, of 10,709 > tons, was ■•mined during a blizzard. The rescue, of 6D passengers Was''difficult, 1\ n go-fens washing over the vowel. Tlio launching of the boatswas a perilous task: Capv'iia Iloberts's > orders uere carried put with 'military precision. Ev-^ryone safoly reached the V^arf<-, and the liner was, towed into dock. _ The New York is prmed fore and aft and carries naval giamcti-s. The passengers had just finished dinner when a terrific explosion occurred on the port side Everyone rushed out <of the so loon and.'lined' up for the boats. There was somo excitement, amongst the women, but they were soon, calmed by the officers. The passengers were half an hour in the boats before the roscjue vessels ;■ arrived .'.."■
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 85, 12 April 1917, Page 8
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147AMERICAN" LINER MINED. Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 85, 12 April 1917, Page 8
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