COLLISION AT SEA
THE MAEAT.HON-HETJ.IIN' MAM . ACCIDENT. London, September 11. Mr. J. Thornton, an Australian .passenger bv the Marathon, who is proceeding to Oxford, said the Japanese ship's Ixnvri missed the passengers' quarters b,v ii few feet, «mhl struck .1 hold lull ot wool, which deadened the impact. Tho Heijnn -,Maru immediately freed herself. There was a. great inrush of water into . the. Marathon, which listed'heavily. There was no panic, and the passengers quietlv assembled 011 deck. Soma assisted" the-crew .for two liours to fill the breach-- with mattresses, blankets, and pillows—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. fTlm steamer .Marathon collided with. the''Japanesc steamer Heijuli M.aru ill a fog and was beached at Dungencss,]
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 299, 13 September 1919, Page 7
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111COLLISION AT SEA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 299, 13 September 1919, Page 7
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