jan 16, 1874 - French refuses to indemnify passangers

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1874 (16 Jan) New York Times reports that the French Transatlantic Steam-ship Company refuses to indemnify survives and family for their loss. Owing to the exculpation of the officers of the Ville Du Havre by the French Courts.(‘THE VILLE DU HAVRE. INDEMNITY REFUSED TO SUFFERERS BY THE DISASTER.’ 8) ---- ‘THE VILLE DU HAVRE. INDEMNITY REFUSED TO SUFFERERS BY THE DISASTER.’ The New York Times, 16 Jan. 1874, p. 8. TimesMachine, http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1874/01/16/79213576.html.

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