SUNK WITH ALL HANDS
TUti BOAT DISASTER. IN COLLISION WITH A SHIP. EIGHT LIVES LOST. Received 20, !),45 a.m. Sydney, December Zti. A sensational collision occurred oil' Newcastle late last night. The tug Advance went out to take the ship Iverna, ;rom Melbourne, in tow, when she was struck by the vessel. The captain of the Invcrna states: 'We were seven miles to the south-east of the Nobbys when the tug came up on the lee bow, and crossed over on to the weather bow.. The tug then returned. She came towards us, and it was all
over in a Hash. "The Advance crossed our bows, and the lnveriia struck the little vessel on the quarter. We only felt a slight im- ' pact, but the next thing the tug was ; over on her side. "As she came abreast our mizzenmast, she went right over, and the boiler exploded. The captain, who was on the bridge when the tug went over, walked along the side of the capsized vessel, and we saw him standing on the bottom, with his pipe still in his mouth. "As the tug sank, flic captain grabbed a grating. The Invcrna was doing 11% knots with a southerly gale behind her at the time.
"A life-buoy was thrown and a boat' at once launched. Although search was kept up for two hours, none of the crew was found, and it is believed all perished.'' The crew numbered—Captain McKenzie, tire mate (Mr. Wills), chief engineer (Herbert), second engineer (Wilson, and crew (O'Brien, Scott, and two others unknown). _ \ The Inverna reached Newcastle at two this morning with the forepart full of water. RESCUE OF THE MATE. WASHED ASHORE ON WRECKAGE. Received 20, 8.15 p.m. Sydney, December 26. •Wills, mate of the Advance, wafej washed up alive near Newcastle this morning. He clung to a piece of wreck- , age. He states that Ire only saw Cap--1 tain McKcazie and Scott in the water [ after the disaster, which occurred about ', sundown yesterday. He thinks the rest [■ went down with the. tug.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 309, 28 December 1908, Page 2
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