NARROW ESCAPE OF STEAMER.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 35, 5 October 1886, Page 2

NARROW ESCAPE OF STEAMER.

Th® U.M.K. Poi<x: 'i.vl | Iff I r»rr ' from dilute . »r!y on th® ». > -* out. Tha ctpU.:. tiM n.: if] i i»tu r. but a pwMni.tr im • i* W Sun lay, Aihhm mb. • n«n -liu r • llnok (u* Mil ui j .»t aa tii® «• ♦ -i ' cnlanog tin liav oi C - . '» 1 ui£hl idraiicid tin fy- lik'n-o to t* 1 1 that it in imiyaatlTa t «®u • • T ' I ihnd. Th® <• «®rr 1 «■"* I •lowwl down to d-a-l »! f. 1 •***f pul ti v® tha trail a* :*• 1 1 I hard % no.**, lurl >(valuer nxiiuif ■!-»••■ m. ,I.> J*

h/ i was put hard apart, and thn n-r ’i; r- v.ii h was liicugiit to be the tt . .. iigbvt»«en Ma.'M-iJ]<-«aiid Lon<i. a -doing n* uini, llie bowl of dutch vessel strurk 100 oilier on the slant. ’] lie b .V. < of the Indus were cut vin ft, and thrown into tha toa, while some [larks were cut all tna bottom of the l'otoai'i butt, and her ventilating skylights and pari f tha hatchway were siiuui.ed. A« i ludut was travelling at the rate of a. • wet 10 liuots an hour, it appeared w. e.i aha was ohaarved that the two Vosvel* would cut eacli other in the centre (• i.«t If that had boon the case, there , an he no doubt that a dreadful dia.uater v. il l hava bean the result. The paaseng. i t on hoard tne Totoai wore just sitting l wn to tea w hen the collision look place, and the ladiea were in a state of great - , .lenient and consternation. Many fainted, and only the coolness of the ■ i.t er* prevented * panic. The passon- . r» by the i'otosi attribute all the blame tin- accident to the other steamer, hich was going at full speed in a thick f ,\ and they assert that the captain of the i-lralian-buund steamer acted with the mu'-t promptitude, and before the colla. m lied occurred took some precautions a» lie thought might prevent the [tossibility ol such a tiling occurring. The thickness of t. • fog may be eatimated from the fact that the I*. and O. liner Havenna was lying within speaking distance of the Ton ’u when tha collision was taking place, hut each vessel was unaware of the other’s cl proximity until the fog lifted. Durn. .’ ihs voyage out the damage was repaired as quickly as possible.