People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1896 — Over 300 LiveS Lost. [ARTICLE]

Over 300 LiveS Lost.

London, June 17. —A dispatch received here by Lloyds from Ushant, near Brest, France, at 3:40 p. m., says that a steamer, supposed to be the Drummond Castle, of London, has gone down near ÜBhant with 350 persons on board. Two men were picked up by fishermen. The Drummond Castle was of about 2,350 tons register, was from Cape Town and was last reported at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, June 12. She was commanded by Capt. N. W. Pierce. The owners of the Drummond Castle confirm the report that she has been wrecked.