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Show WRECKED OX A ROCKY COAST. . - ' - Providential Escape ol the Crew and Passengers From the Fate of the "Algonia." Quebec, November 7 10. The steamer "Brooklyn," from Liverpool for Quebec, went ashore near Heath.. Point an Sunday morning. The weather was very rough, and two compartments were full of water. : She struck in a bad place and. her position is dangerous. - - -. Later advices from Heath Point state that the passengers of the steamer "Brooklyn," ashore at that point, are all safely landed, and some are sheltered under canvas at different points along the coast, while others are HOUSED IN THE FISHERMEN'S HUTS At Fox Bay, ten miles from Heath Point. The Captain telegraphed for immediate assistance, as-sistance, and his request was fowarded to, the authorities at Ottawa. The reply said the government steamer "Napoleon HI." would be sent to the rescue. The steamer will proceed from here tomorrow to-morrow at 1 p. m., and it will take two days to reach the wreck. She will take a full supply of stores and provisions, in case none can be had from the steamer. As far as can be learned the engine room and Nos. 1 and 2 holds are filled with water, as she is leaking. leak-ing. Her position is presumably a bad one, and on account of the rugged nature of the coast generally THE VESSEL WELL BE A TOTAL WRECK. The weather since she went ashore has been a succession of heavy northeast gales and blinding snowstorms, and if no provisions have been saved great privations will be experienced ex-perienced by . the passengers and crew, as supplies at Fox Bay will be drawn upon by the crew of the steamer "Titania," which went ashore near there on the 4th instant. The "Brooklyn" had a crew of about seventy, sev-enty, and forty passengers, of which only three were saloon passengers. The amount of insurance is unknown. |