COLLISION IN FOG
EXCURSIONISTS’ ORDEAL. SHIP STRUCK IN CHANNEL. SIDES STOVE-IN. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received August 9, 10.5 a.m. LONDON. Aug. 8. Four girls were jambed at the head of the fore saloon when the crossChannel steamer Princess Marie Jose, with 750 excursionists from Dover, collided with. the Clan Nacneil off Dunkirk. The girls bravely bore the threequarter of an hour ordeal of extrication from the wreckage by seamen with crowbars. They were sent ashore first in a tug which came alongside and were sent to a hospital at Dunkirk, where two had their right legs amputated below the knee. The tnird sustained a fractured leg and foot and an arm injury, and the fourth abrasions.
Many other passengers were shaken, bruised and injured. The girls were sleeping when the collision occurred and were washed from their beds by the inrush of water and lost all their possessions. The Clan Macneil struck ' the Marie Jose amidships in a slight fog and smashed her sides below the water line. The sea rushed in, causing temporary panic among the passengers. The Clan Macneil went full speed ahead, pushing the Marie Jose aground instead of allowing her to sink.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 213, 9 August 1937, Page 7
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198COLLISION IN FOG Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 213, 9 August 1937, Page 7
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