DISASTERS AT SEA.
Paris, Sept. 14. The heirs of Anthony Pollock, who was drowned at the time of the loss of the steamship Bourgogne, have instituted a competition for the purpose of deciding upon the best appliances to prevent collisions at sea and to save life after such a collision. For each class of appliances they have offered a prize of 810,000. Testing the various appliances submitted has bccu begun at Ilavro before an international jury, experiments being made daily with models. -There are 212 competitors.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 248, 28 October 1901, Page 1
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