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Show FRENCH STEAMER GOES DOWN. More than 100 persons perished near Marseilles, France, as" the result of a collision between the Insulaire and the Liban passenger steamers belonging be-longing to the Fraissenet Steamship company. The Liban left Marseilles on its regular passenger trip to Bas-tia, Bas-tia, Corsica, and was run down and sunk by the Insulaire off the Maire islands. - The collision was witnessed from the pilot boat Blechamp, which was about two miles distant. The Blechamp immediately repaired to the spot to render assistance. |