S.S. ROSCOMMON SUNK.
NO LIVES LOST
statement my prime' minister
“I am sorry to say that a wire lias come through that another ol our vessels has been- sunk.” stated the lit. Hon. \V. F. Massey in the House of Representatives on Friday afternoon. The.ship, he added, was: the Roscommon .one of the Union Steamship Company’s vessels running under the Federal flag. A member.: ‘‘Was there any loss-of life?” ' '
The Prime Minister: “No, TAunder§taud not.” (Hear hear.) i The steamer Roscommon- was.; formerly named the Oswestry Grange, and'was the vessel upon which; the Rt.'H'on. R. >J. Heddon died, ' on Sunday, June 10th, 1906, soon after leaving Sydney for Auckland. The vessel returned tb the New South Wales capital; nnd then brought the. body of the Prime Minister diiect to Wellington. The Roscommon was owned hy ■ the Fcdeinl-Honlder-Shire . but ■ was afterwards acquired hy the New Zealand'Shipping Company. She was a twin-screw four masted steamer OF 7368 tons gross, and 474? to«is net, classed 100 A. at Lloyds’, and built in 1902 by Workman, Clark and Vo., Ltd at Belfast. Her principal diirtoririoris were : Length, 450ft.;£fiin. beam 65fi. 2iii; depth 30ft bin. Ylhe vbssel WnR fitted with refrigerating machinery and big apace for : frozen i'ftrgo, ■ . ■;. -ft
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1917, Page 1
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204S.S. ROSCOMMON SUNK. Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1917, Page 1
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