COLLISION AT SEA
CABLE NEWS
(United Press A»ociation—By Electric TeUgraph—Copyright.)
STEAMER FOUNDERS
THE PASSENGERS RESCUED
(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.)
LONDON, March 17
The. German barque Pisaguo collided with the steamer Oceana in the darkmess at Beacheyhead. There were over 200 passengers on the Oceana.
One of the boats was swamped, but it is believed the occupants were saved. A channel steamer secured the passengers of the Oceana, which was on a tour to Dover, and which foundered. The steamer had £1,000,000 worth of specie aboard. The damage to the Pisagua. was slight.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10586, 18 March 1912, Page 5
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93COLLISION AT SEA Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10586, 18 March 1912, Page 5
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