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Show i oo CREW OF BRITISH STEAMER BOfi Vessel Strikes Shoal Off N; folk Coast and h 1 Total Wreck. London. Jan. IS. 2.18 p. m Twenty Twen-ty one men of the crew of 27 of tho British steamer Penarth were drowned drown-ed today off the Norfolk coast ThS Penarth, with a cargo of maize, was Balling for Hull from the river Plate She struck Sheerlngham shoal In a heavy gale and is a total wreck. Six survhors from the Penarth were picked up by a trawler. The Penarth was 1959 tons net. Another British steamer, the Ceorge Royle, also is believed to have been wrecked in the same locality. She left tho Tyne for Saint Nazaire, France The flare of rocket signals was observed by the coast guards at Cromer, but the steamer disappeared before tho lifeboat reached the seen i. Ore of the George Royle s small boats has come ashore The fate of the crew is not known The George Royle soiled from lluil December 10 She was of 1522 tons net. |