COLLISION AT SEA.
A STEAMER SINKS. REPORTED LOSS OF LIFE. Received February 13, 11.56 p.m. NEW YORK, February 13. The steamer Lachmont, bound from Providence to New York, collided with the collier Harry Knowleton, off Suonochontang, at midnight on Monday. The Larchmont sank in ten minutes. She carried 150 to 200 passengers, and a crew of 30. Captain McVey and nineteen survivors reached Block Island, after suffering fearfully from the intense cold. It is feared that the rest have perished.
CABLE NEWS.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8357, 14 February 1907, Page 5
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85COLLISION AT SEA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8357, 14 February 1907, Page 5
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