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S.S. Parisian Sunk at her Dock

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Front: Ref: www.antiques.gift Her last voyage on the Liverpool-Halifax-St. John, New Brunswick route. Monday, March 25th, 1905 with 900 persons on board, the liner was rammed at Halifax harbor entrance by the Hamburg-American Steamer Albano. The Parisian was towed to pier 2, where she settled on the bottom. [she was repaired and re-floated] Soon after it came to be known that the Parisian had been in collision, somebody started the rumour that she had been sunk and all lives lost. On April 15 & 16, 1912 she took part in the search for victims after the ill fated steamship Titanic struck an iceberg and sank. She arrived at Halifax on April 17 with the news that she had not found any survivors from the Titanic. Back:

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Title: S.S. Parisian Sunk at her Dock:
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Description: Front: Ref: www.antiques.gift Her last voyage on the Liverpool-Halifax-St. John, New Brunswick route. Monday, March 25th, 1905 with 900 persons on board, the liner was rammed at Halifax harbor entrance by the Hamburg-American Steamer Albano. The Parisian was towed to pier 2, where she settled on the bottom. [she was repaired and re-floated] Soon after it came to be known that the Parisian had been in collision, somebody started the rumour that she had been sunk and all lives lost. On April 15 & 16, 1912 she took part in the search for victims after the ill fated steamship Titanic struck an iceberg and sank. She arrived at Halifax on April 17 with the news that she had not found any survivors from the Titanic. Back:
Publisher: W.E. Hebb
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Type: StillImage, print
Format: nonprojected graphic, 1 postcard, Real
Identifier: macrepo:103385, local: CPC-01629
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Language: eng
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Coverage: --Canada--Nova Scotia------Halifax--
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