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Show I ANCHORED ICE IS CAUSE OF WRECK IXI'lKni'RO. C. B.. Mnrch 3T.-Bnks of ice formed high on the shore which b looked to be floating- tceborgs were the cause of the loss of the Rcid Newfoundland Newfound-land company's steamer Bruce on a submerged sub-merged ro k at Port Noia. near Raratrl. Inst Thurstlsy morning, an onilttg to a , mtatetnent Just ,lsticd by Cptstn Itlchard Ihtake of that vessel. He said: "Affr leaving Kort An Hasnue we Stenmcd throng li Ice for sixteen hours, milking o-n v.aler at t n'rlwlt on Friday Fri-day morning. I whs at the wheel. After running a Vhort tune I saw what I supposed sup-posed waa loe. I at once reduced the speed and starboarded the wheel to go around the Ice. "Almost Immediately the ship ran aground and it waa tlten that 1 discovered discov-ered that what I took to be floating Ice was a barricade of Ice piled high on the shore. L'nrvrtHln as to tha dames to the ship and ihe depth of water alongside along-side the reef, 1 at once ordered the offl cers and crew to launch the boats and make ready to save tht paeengers. The boata were launched aa Medt)v as noa-sihle noa-sihle and the women and children taken ashore first. " Captain Ponke and first Officer Tavlor assert that they had dlffii-ulty In getting the passengers to snslst them In launching launch-ing the boats, but that everv mrmkr of the eivw acted with cnilnepia and bravery. brav-ery. The boats had to row a mile be. fore thv could make a landing of th 1 passengers. Two of the crew lost their lives. |