LINER’S COLLISION
WITH A WHARF. 'United Press Association—Bv Electric relegrapb—Copyright). LONDON, July 10. A temporary failure of the steering gear caused the steamer Hobson Bay. which was starting for Australia, to ram the jetty at Thames Haven, crushing the pontoon like matchwood, and sinking two barges. The damage is estimated at fifty thousand sterling. Six men we're working on tlje barges. They saw the danger, and reached the shore before the colli’s-
The Hobson Bay was not damaged Her gear was quickly repaired and she resumed her way.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1929, Page 6
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88LINER’S COLLISION Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1929, Page 6
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