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Message: [QUOTE="Mark Baber, post: 275596, member: 79063"] [i]The New York Times, 18 March 1907[/i] [b]WHITE STAR LINER SUEVIC IS ASHORE[/b] --- On a Rock Near the Lizard---400 Passengers and a Crew of 160 on Board --- ACCIDENT IN THICK FOG --- Lifeboats Go to the Assistance of the Vessel---Loss of Life Not Anticipated --- LONDON, March 17---The White Star Line steamer Suevic struck on a rock and went ashore near the Lizard in a thick fog at 11:30 P.M. The vessel is ashore on what is known as the Maentere Rock, under a lighthouse. Two lifeboats have been launched, and others have been summoned to go to the assistance of the vessel. There are 400 passengers and a crew of 160 on board the Suevic, but no loss of life is anticipated. The passengers and crew are being landed gradually. No lives have been lost. The discipline aboard the steamer was splendid. --- The Suevic, which is commanded by Capt. Selby, is of 12,500 tons and plies between London and Australia by way of Cape Town. The Lizard is the southernmost cape of England. It is a bold headland, in Cornwall, situated amid picturesque cliff and rock scenery, and is about sixteen miles southwest of Falmouth. There are two fine lighthouses there. The Lizard is one of the three best-known marine sighting stations in the world, the others being Sandy Hook and Gibraltar. -30- [/QUOTE]