A FATAL CRASH.
COLLIER SMASHES DOCK
OVERWHELMING BUSH OF WATER.
By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright Australian and-N.Z. Cable Association.
(Received June 6, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, Juno 5.
As a collier was leaving the dock at Birkenhead she crashed into tho dock-gates, and the water, pouring out into tho river, overturned barges and small craft. Tho collier herself was washed into tho river on a ten-foot wave.
Rescue vessels were helpless against the torrent. Six lives were lost.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10609, 7 June 1920, Page 5
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76A FATAL CRASH. New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10609, 7 June 1920, Page 5
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