. Christian herald and signs of our times . The Wrecked THE WRECKED STEAMER. ^?5:>^OREIGN mails now tohand, add little to thesad story brought bycable three weeks ago,of the wreck of TheDrummonJ Castle. Aswas stated in the ac-count published inthese columns onit was hoped that some of the per-on board might have been savedvhom no report had been received,hope, however, was doomed to dis-itment. It is now clear that onlypersons—one passenger and two of•ew—survived out of the 253 personsird. There were 148 passengers andof 105 on the steamer when shedown. The three men succeeded,sev
. Christian herald and signs of our times . The Wrecked THE WRECKED STEAMER. ^?5:>^OREIGN mails now tohand, add little to thesad story brought bycable three weeks ago,of the wreck of TheDrummonJ Castle. Aswas stated in the ac-count published inthese columns onit was hoped that some of the per-on board might have been savedvhom no report had been received,hope, however, was doomed to dis-itment. It is now clear that onlypersons—one passenger and two of•ew—survived out of the 253 personsird. There were 148 passengers andof 105 on the steamer when shedown. The three men succeeded,several others on deck, in gettingof spars or gratings, but onlyheld on till morning. Howlit it was to re-t h e graspfrail sup-in the bois-; sea aroundfatal rocks,: ,[nly passen-aved, who,le way, hadNo. 13 , saysduring theours he wasng before hekicked up hea bittergle: Every: and then Iaught in arom, thenirrent wouldupon me|take me off in another direction. 1at times within a hundred yards ofe, when another current would driftmile
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