Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1899 — THE WRECKED ALLAN LINE STEAMER CASTILIAN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WRECKED ALLAN LINE STEAMER CASTILIAN.

The new Allan Dine steamer Castilian, which was wrecked on the eoast of Nova Scotia and was pounded to pieces on the Gannet Boek ledges, was the pride of the famous Allan fleet and a fine ship in all respects. She had a capacity of 300 first and second-class and 500 steerage passengers, besides room for a large cargo. She was built by Workman & Clark of Belfast. The Castilian had everything that the science of navigation has evolved to insure perfection. That she was a speedy boat was practically demonstrated, for on her trial trip she attained a speed of fifteen knots, while oh her passage across the Atlantic, despite the tempestuous weather, she maintained an average speed of fourteen knots, and after leaving Ireland she never went below the 300 mile record. The Castilian had the distinction of being the first boat to make the trin from the other side to Portland in seven days, and Captain Barrett was heartily congratulated by his friends snd the representatives of the company at Montreal.