STEAMERS IN COLLISION.
Melbourne, September 5
Messrs Howard Smith and Co.’s iron screw steamer Eeura, 1,186 tons gross, with over one hundred passengers on board, was making an excursion round the United States Fleet, when the American collier Ajax, outward bound, collided with her.
The collier cut deep into the Eeura’s starboard quarter, making a hole 70 feet square, extending from the deck to below the water line.
The vessels hung together until the passengers had clambered aboard the Ajax or been transferred to a tug manned by men from the battleship Connecticut, which came to their assistance.
The Eeura’s bulkheads remained intact, and prevented her from sinking. She returned to port.
The Ajax’s bow was badly battered, several plates being wrenched out of position. She was docked.
There was a momentary panic among the Eeura’s passengers, and one or two women fainted.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 433, 8 September 1908, Page 2
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143STEAMERS IN COLLISION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 433, 8 September 1908, Page 2
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