STEAMER DISASTER.
LONDON, March 28. The Channel collision occurred at 1! at night off Dungeness. A thick fog made invisible the ships’ lights. The Tokoftiku Mam disappeared in two minute-;, with a huge lade in her side. *\ Ia u v of the cre-.v were thrown into the water, including Contain and chief officer, who were picked up by the lleiimlal. The mis, ll g are believed to have been asleep in their bunks, and to have been trapped like rats. Lifeboats found no survivors. A 1 leimdal sailor said lb- Japanese .learner bowed up dead ahead. the Hoimdci’s engines were 1 versed, but she‘struck with terrible lorc-e amidships, the impact shiiting all on deck. Bonis Were instantly lowered, hut the steamer disappeared before they reached the scot. The fug was so thick that eiliy the cries of the Japanese in the water made rescues possible. Ihe I teiindal’s forelmhl was flooded when she arrived at Dover.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1924, Page 1
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156STEAMER DISASTER. Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1924, Page 1
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