SUDDEN DISASTER
BRITISH STEAMER BLOWN UP NINE DROWNED INCLUDING SKIPPER. FOUR SURVIVORS RESCUED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. | (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) ' LONDON, November 15. 1 Nine mon, including the skipper, were drowned when the steamer Woodtown was blown up by an explosion and sank within a minute, leaving only a great column of smoke. Thirtecff persons were aboard and the survivors were picked up by a coastal steamer. LONG OVERDUE STEAMER WITH CREW OF FORTY. (Received This Dav. 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, November 15. The steamer Newton Beech, with a crew of forty, is three weeks overdue at Newcastle. The last message report--d: “All well." COLLISION WITH WRECK* (Received This Day, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, November 15. The steamer Georgois collided with a partially submerged wreck on the North-East coast. Twenty-two members of the crew escaped in a lifeboat. TWO STEAMERS SUNK NEAR ESTONIAN COAST. (Received This Day. 9.55 a.m.) KAUNAS. November 15. The cargo steamers, Panavezys and Nida were sunk in the Baltic near the Estonian coast. The Nida was carrying British coal.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 November 1939, Page 6
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172SUDDEN DISASTER Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 November 1939, Page 6
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