A COLLISION.
STEAMER BADLY DAMAGED,
SYDNEY, August 29. At an early hour this morning a collision occurred between the steamer Colac and the collier Pareora at the Heads. The Colac was entering and the collier was outward bound. A huge hole was torn in the Colac's port bow. Her bulkhead saved her from foundering. A fireman had a narrow escape of being crushed to death in his bunk. Both vessels returned to port. The extent of the damage to the collier is unknown.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9179, 31 August 1908, Page 5
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83A COLLISION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9179, 31 August 1908, Page 5
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