The papers-of Monday published 'details of the wreck -of the
new cruiser 'Raleigh,' obtained from some of the 546 officers and men who arrived at Liverpool last Saturday. When the ship struck the- rocks off the coast of Labrador there- was a particularly thick fog. After strildng she was swung round by the heavy seas, and rolled and bumped, terribly.. Had she not been -held last at. one end in a crevice, she -might :have heeled right over-and all lives might-have-been- lost. Even as it is she has been so badly buffeted that there seems to be no hope of salving. her. Eleven of the crew lost their liven—nine in the swamping of the boat • that took the life line ashore and two from being crushed on board the ship. The taking ashore of the life line was a desperate affair. The boat capsized just as the crew were about to land. The officer.in command, however, was able to reach the shore, and by means of the line all -the rest of the ship's company were saved. Probably no other boat but that which was used could have-passed -through the surf at all.
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