MISHAP IN IRISH SEA
PASSENGER STEAMER AND NAVAL
VESSEL-COLLIDE
GOOD,RESCUE WORK BY i - - . DESTROYERS
(Rec. March 17,-5.5 p.m.) ~ ( London, March 16. : The, steamer Rathmore, with 640 paseeners, collided with a naval vessel in the Irish Sea. ■ Thirty-six.,are missing. Destroyers rescued the remainder. The Rathmore has been towed to Dublin. Twenty of the survivors are injured.— iAus.-N.Z. ,, Cable" "Assn. „ '
BOTH VESSELS TOWED TO PORT
NO FATALITIES REPORTED
(Rec. March' 17, 11.30 p.m.) London, March 16. Tho North-western Railway, Company ' :, states that there were no fatalities on the Rathmore. A telegram from Dublin states that possibly there were four casualties. The Rathmore was ■ carrying 660 soldiers ,'and 38 civilians, including, women and children. Shd collided withraniine-sweeper- in the darkness. , One boat was capsized, but the inmates were rescued. The soldiers and crew displayed the coolest behaviour. Both vessels were towed to port.—J.ieuter.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 153, 18 March 1918, Page 6
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140MISHAP IN IRISH SEA Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 153, 18 March 1918, Page 6
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