COLLISION AT SEA.
A disastrous collision occurred on March 12 in the Channel. The African steamship Company’s steamer Benin, on her homeward voyage, was run into off Star Point by the Eastern Shipping Company’s steamer Duke of Buccleuch, from Calcutta, and was cut. down so thoroughly that she foundered within forty minutes, carrying with her a very valuable West Indian cargo. Her passengers and mails had fortunately been landed at Havre, and she was en route for Liverpool. Both steamers were on the same course, but the Duke of Buccleuch was going two knots faster than the Benin, and overtook her. There was no wind and the vessels had been following each other for an hour. The captain and crew escaped on board the of Buccleuch, and were brought into Plymouth. The vessel and cargo were worth £200,000.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2538, 10 May 1881, Page 2
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138COLLISION AT SEA. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2538, 10 May 1881, Page 2
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