STEAMERS IN COLLISION.
:0 , S ;- NARROW ESCAPE OF SERIOUS DIS- i d ASTER. J Ir PUB PRESS ASSOCIATION. ! I Received 30, 10.31 p.m. i . Sydney, October 30. J Two large steamers—the Oloncurry, bund outward to Calcutta with a I shipment of horses, and the Boveric, I inward from Adelaide—collided at the \ entrance f o the harbour. Both were j seriously damaged, the Boveric having J two large holeß in the port side, one t & extending below tbe waterline. The 1 r after hold rapidly filled, the bulkheads J alone preventing her sinking. The j a Oloocurry's bows were flattened on - both sides to the water's edge. A' l e number of plates were smashed, and' - ? the ship made a considerable quantity i - of water. Both vessels returned to the J t wharves, and are now discharging.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 257, 31 October 1901, Page 3
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136STEAMERS IN COLLISION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 257, 31 October 1901, Page 3
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