THE TAVIUNI SUNK
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COLLISION IN SYDNEY HARBOUR UNION COMPANY'S VESSEL RUN DOWN BY FRENCH LINER.
(Received October 2, 2.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 2. A collision occurred in Sydney harbour to-day between the Union Steam Ship Company's steel screw steamer Taviuni, 1542 tons, engaged in the Island trade and the Messageries Maritimes mail steamer Nera, 75538 tons.
The Taviuni was sunk by the Nera
THE NERA DAMAGED
TAVIUNI'S STERN 7 SUBMERGED. CARGO VALUED AT £25,000. (Received Last Night, 9.30 o'clock.) SYDNEY, October 2. The Nera was starting on the outward voyage, while the Taviuni was inward bound. The Nora's rudder was badly twisted, and one of the plates on the port quarter was fractured. The Taviuni's stern was submerged. She is lying on her port side, with her bows above water,. The cargo, including 20,000 bags of copra, is valued at £25,000, After the collision the Nera put back for repairs
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10439, 3 October 1911, Page 5
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158THE TAVIUNI SUNK Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10439, 3 October 1911, Page 5
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