Collision Between tne Steamers Tui and Douglas.
y . (UNITED FRRBB ASSOCIATION.") \ I ■':. '■■■"""■ ' ". ' FoxTON.TVednjßsaay. f ■ On the arrival of the Jane Douglas jthisimorninc ! Captain Froser reported ib 'the Collector of Customs here that his" ship trad been m collision with the steamer |Tui. .In bis report Captain Fraser states, ithat on coming put of , Wellington last ■evening, after rounding Point Halswell, | the T^iiyappjroachedn on the port sifte J and/|althou£h MptainS requesUfrtb&mf ster^of tfie/f vi te star** .board his helm three times, the lattter [helif W hfef 'eoufte;. ThS * Soi^nis > tirfd 1 frocks on her starboard side, and could jnot gWe way, the result 1 being that the jstearaers collided for a quarter of an hour. Eventually! the DoU gins stopped, {at some risk,' arid; « the two i' boats' 'then cleared. The report states that some of [the lady passenger? got ill through the ipanic caused: by the collision . : ; An inquiry will be held.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1487, 22 October 1885, Page 4
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152Collision Between tne Steamers Tui and Douglas. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1487, 22 October 1885, Page 4
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