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The Nome Daily Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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The Ward liner Havana grounded on Mantanilla Reef, 60 miles off Florida, on Sunday night. 43 crew and 51 passengers were rescued by other ships from lifeboats. Passenger Robert Rittenhouse of Brooklyn, 83, died of apoplexy. Crew stayed aboard with Coast Guardsmen; tugs expected to refloat the vessel.
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AGROUND
ON REEF OFF OF
FLORIDA COAST
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 7—
The Ward liner "Havana" grounded on Mantanilla Reef, sixty miles off the Florida coast Sunday night.
Forty-three members of the crew and the entire passenger list of fifty-one were rescued from lifeboats by other ships.
One passenger, Robert Rittenhouse of Brooklyn, died of apoplexy.
He was eighty-three years old. Members of the crew remained on board the ship and Coast Guardsmen are standing by. It is expected that tugs will be able to refloat the vessel.
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Mantanilla Reef, Sixty Miles Off The Florida Coast
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Sunday Night
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The Ward liner Havana grounded on Mantanilla Reef off Florida. Forty-three crew and fifty-one passengers rescued from lifeboats by other ships. Passenger Robert Rittenhouse died of apoplexy. Crew remained aboard with Coast Guardsmen standing by; tugs expected to refloat vessel.