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Article: Three drown as cruise ends in tragedy; STEVEN MOORE delves into the News Letter archives and discovers some of the items that made headlines on this date earlier this century. These articles will run daily until the year 2000.(Features)
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- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- August 13, 1999
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1923: Belfast Disaster
A distressing boating accident occurred at the Musgrave Channel, Belfast Harbour, late on Saturday night, as a result of which three persons were drowned. It seems that a party of over 30 persons were returning to the city after a cruise to Carrickfergus in a motor boat, and as some of them were being landed in a rowing boat on the Connswater side of the channel the little craft filled with water and sank. Four of those in the boat were saved.
The tragedy occurred shortly after 11 o'clock, but when the boat sank the seven persons who ...