STEAMERS COLLIDE
One vessel sinks.
- 39 PEOPLE PiERISH.
By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright
London, August 16.
The German steamer Elsa, in a fog thdrty-two miles west of Tarifa, Spain, collided with and sank the Spanish steamer Martoe.
Thirty-two passengers and seven of the crew were drowned. The Elsa has arrived at Gibraltar, badly damaged.
SINKS W TWO MINUTES.
CAPTAiINi SINKS WITH HIS SHIP.
Received' August »8, 12.20 a.m. London, August 17. The steamer Marios sank in two minutes. Forty-five were drowned, including a mother and three children travelling in the saloon.
The third-class passengers were principally composed of fishermen, with their wives and children.
. The, captain, a septuagenarian, went I down standing on the bridge. i One survivor swam for an hour, and was twice sucked under by a whirlpool.^ The Elsa saved sixty-five. * i
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 111, 18 August 1910, Page 5
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133STEAMERS COLLIDE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 111, 18 August 1910, Page 5
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