Narrow Escape
iPer Press Association. 1 * Auckland, Tbis Day. A narrow escape from a collision between the ferry steamer Victoria and the steamer Waitan^i occurred last night. Tho lights were very indisticct. The Ciptdin of the former vessel ordered "full speed astern" almost instantly. The steamer Waitangi passed within a few feut of tbc Victoria's bow. Had not the Car.taiu and Eugiueer displayed gj£at promptitude the ferry steamer would have been cut in two. The Victoria bad several hundred passengers uu boavd.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 274, 26 May 1897, Page 2
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82Narrow Escape Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 274, 26 May 1897, Page 2
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