COLLISION AT SEA.
Adelaide, January 16. The captain of tho Z&nita states that the weather was squally, with a heavy swell, at the timo of the collision. The impact was slight, aud in about two minutes tho ships wero clear of each other. So serious damage to cither vessel appeared likely. The captain of the Coimbatore cried, " Don't leave us; we arc sinking." The Zanita hove to, and boat about all night and next day, but, being lightly loaded, she probably drifted from her course. The day was cloudy, mid nothing could bo seen. He did not lower a boat because those iu the Coiuibatorc s |boats were whistling to each other and because of tho difficult, in picking her up again, Captain Pvcnso commauded the Coimbatore. Little is known of the crew, most of whom wero Norwegians, Only four shipped at Newcastle.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8030, 17 January 1906, Page 2
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143COLLISION AT SEA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8030, 17 January 1906, Page 2
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