Collision in Sydney Harbour.
LoßsofLife. | (Roceived Dec, 19, 0.30 a.m.) 1 SiMEr, December 18, 5 A serious collision occurred in j the harbour this evening. . Th' 3 tugboat Awahina run into the guardboat Princess between Middle 1 Hoad and Watson's Bay. 1 The lattsr was making the usual ! round of the forts, and had about fifty persons aboard, including j officers with their wives and chil- ( dren, The Awahina struck the Princess . almost amidships, and she canted over so suddenly that 20 persons, in- j eluding the captainwerethrown into • the water. ' The captain succeeded in clamber- ! ing on board again, and. although j the fires were extinguished by the inrnßh of the water, he managed j with the steam already up, to beach the vessel in Chowder Bay. 1
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4906, 19 December 1894, Page 3
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129Collision in Sydney Harbour. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4906, 19 December 1894, Page 3
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