61. STEAMSHIP BALTIC.-This steamship is
the principal vessel of the White Star fleet,
being one of the largest boats in the world,
is 710 feet long, 75% feet beam, speed 17%2
knots. It was launched in 1903 and is en-
gaged in the Transatlantic service between Liver-
pool and New York. The Baltic on January
23, 1909, received a wireless message from the
Republic calling for help as it had collided
with another steamer during a fog and was
gradually sinking with about 800 passengers
on board. The Baltic went to the rescue, and
within a very few hours had all the passengers
transferred from the Republic without the loss
of a single life. Within a short time after the
passenger was transferred the Republic
last
sank beneath the waves.
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