THE WHAKATANE STRUCK
BY A FRENCH VESSEL.
BEACHED AT DOVER.
SAFETY OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW.
By Gable.—Press Association.—Copyritfot Received July B, IUO pan. , London, July 5. The French cargo steamer Circe struck ~ ® *" ew Zealand Shipping Company 1 ! AVJiakfthme (5902 .tonsi oound from London to Auckland), amidships in & fog off Dun'genesß, flooding, the enirlneroom. 7:, . , The Whakatane commenced to settle, ■but kept afloat with the ftimiitanwi of tugs.
Meanwhile the Circe brought tin Whakatane'a passengers to Dover, uliese, with the mail* an 4 valuable stud horses, will be transferred to another of the snmo company's linen* The Whakatane was towed to Dover and .beached. On arriving die appeared to he badly down by tfie stent. The whole of the crew mustered on the '-ore part of the vessel. The damage done was below the water line.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 135, 6 July 1909, Page 2
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136THE WHAKATANE STRUCK Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 135, 6 July 1909, Page 2
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