Steamer Sunk
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COLLISION WHH THE TARANAKI Captaio and Fireman Missing PASSENGERS RESCUED.
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(Eeceived 8, 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, April 7* • Tbe Shaw, Baviu and Alblon Oo.'« liner Taranaki, on the way to Liverpool from Wellington and Glasgow, eollided With Ihe steamer Lairdsmoor (1578 tons) in a thick fog in the Xrisb Sea. Tbe Lairdsmoor, whicb Was carrying six passengers and 321 cattle, waa badly holed and is reported to have ; sunk. Her passengers were transferred to the TaranakL Lifeboati arrived on tbe soese frote Dbnnagfindee within eight minutes of the collision^ * The Shaif Savill Co. has received 1 message from the oaptala Of the Taranaki stating that they had rescued all the passengers and erew of the Lairdsmoor with the exception of the captain and a fireman, who it is feareH were lost, , ■
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 69, 8 April 1937, Page 5
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