COLLISION AT SEA.
STEAMER SINKS IN TWO MINUTES. OVER HUNDRED PERSONS DROWNED. United Press Association-By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received November IS, 9.30 p.m. SINGAPORE, November 15. A collision attended by loss of life is reported. The Messageries Maritimes steamer La Aseyne foundered in the Rhio Straits two minutes after colliding with the British India liner On la. The Onda rescued and landed 61 passengers at Singapore, many of Whom had been badly mauled by sharks. The number of persons drowned was as follows: Seven Enropeai: passengers. Fifty Asiatic passengers. The captain. Five officers. Thirty eight of the Asiatic crew.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9651, 16 November 1909, Page 5
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99COLLISION AT SEA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9651, 16 November 1909, Page 5
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