Collision in the Channel
I EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST. ■ At 8 o'clock on the morning of th ■ 26th August, the French steamer St ■ Germain and the steamer Woodhurn I from the East, hy way of tha sue; I Canal,, came into collision off tin I Eddystone lighthouse. The Woodbun I immediately sank, and 18 of her crew I were drowued. /. 'I he St. Germain, ii a disabled condition', arrived at Ply mouth, and landed the pnsseng-en .<»aved from the, Woodburn. It was i fine starlight, nigh i,.. and the sea was calm at the time of the collision. Th< Woodburn was in tow of the tdgboai Recovery at the tin»e, and the St Germain Vhelio was ported in ordej that the steamier might . go by th( tugboats stern. The officers of th< m .French steamer had no idea there was f/ a ship in lead, but the tugboat captair states that he bad two bright lightj at the tu/s masthead, a clear indication that she had a vessel in tow.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 58, 18 October 1883, Page 3
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