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Show ALLEN STEAMER STRIKES ICEBERG Montreal, Aug 12. Tho Allan Line steamer Corsican, which sailed from Montreal last Friday with two hundred hun-dred passengers bound for Liverpool, struck an Ivoberg east of Belle Isle, near Newfoundland, lato this afternoon, after-noon, but apparently sustained no serious se-rious damage. The wlroless message with which Captain Cook of the Corsican reported report-ed tho accident to Allan Line officials hero tonight read: "Corsican Btruck an Iceberg this aftornon at 4 o'clock while going very Blow. Stem Injured above water wa-ter line. Ship is making no water. Will proceed on voyage." There woro reports hero early in the evening that the steamers Lake Champlain and the Scandinavian were proceeding to tho assistance of tho Corsicun, but this was declared at ho Allan Un office toD incor- V rect 'It was said the 'Corsican was not in need of assistance. The Corsican Is one4 of tho newest and largest of the Allan Llno steamers. steam-ers. It was built at j Glasgow five years ago and Is of 11,419 tons register. reg-ister. The exact position of tho Corsican when she struck, tho iceberg Is not sta'ted, but it .Is bellccd to have been about one hundred miles east of Bello Isle The signal service at Belle Isle reports that a dense fcg prevailed this evening and this probably prob-ably was the cause of the accident. nn iC . |