A FATAL COLLISION.
i STEAMER COLLIDE OFF CANADIAN COAST. T seventeen browned. By Cable—Press Association-Copyright Ottawa, August 26. The Canadian-Pacific Railway steamer Princess Victoria collided witn the Unit- !i od States steamer Admiral Sampson, and * s t sank in four minutes near Seattle. The '* Admiral Sampson was en route from Alaska, and carried fifty-six passengers & and a crew o* sixty-five, of whom seven- '* teem were drowned, including the cap. "s tain. The Princess Victoria proceeded > * after rescuing the euiwivors. The ttiid: ':■- fog due to forest fires along the oooit caused the disaster. * The (Princess Victoria is a steamer of * 1983 tons, ©uilt in 1903. .». (SMART RESCUE WORK. Received 27, 10 p.m. Vanvouror, August 27. I Later reports show that- eleven, including nine of tihe crew, were drowned. After the collision rescuers on'the Prfh- . cess Victoria* notwithstanding thai the Admiral Sampson was , envelop&f in '■ flames through the bursting of an oil ""',.. tank, acted so promptly that Uhe bulk " "'•' of the Admiral iSampsoia's ,pai«encerß i .■were; removed to safety during ' , aadmuies that the vessels remained interlocked.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19140828.2.24
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 28 August 1914, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
174A FATAL COLLISION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 28 August 1914, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in