A STEAMER SINKS.
. __< COLLISION IN NORTH SEA. By Telesrapli-Pross AssociaUon-Copyriuht London, December 8. ' : .The Great Central Railway Company's steamer Blackburn was. in collision with . the steamship Rook (370 tons) in,the ...North Sea on Wednesday night. . The Blackburn—a new vessel of 1518 : tons, built this year—sank in a few " minutes.; .•'"■".•: ;The llook picked up a boat with . eighteen of the crew and seven pas- .'■ sengers.* . . ... The other two boats, with thirty-four' persons on board, were also rescued after long exposure. ' "■; The engineer was killed by the exploding of a steam pipe. .
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 996, 10 December 1910, Page 5
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90A STEAMER SINKS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 996, 10 December 1910, Page 5
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