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Show CORK STEAMER IS SENT TO BOTTOM; 37 OF CREW LOST QUEENSTOWN, May 24. The Cork steamer Inniscarra, bound from Fishguard Fish-guard to Cork, has been torpedoed and sunk. Thirty-seven members of the crew are missing and are supposed to have been lost. Five survivors of the disaster have been landed. They are the captain, the chief officer, one steward and two sailors. The Inniscarra was struck amidships. She listed immediately and foundered in four minutes. The Inniscarra wTas a vessel of 1412 tons. She was built in 1903 and belonged to the City of Cork Steam Packet company. |