IN COLLISION WITH AN ICEBERG.
A STEAMER BADLY DAMAGED,
Beceivcd Augiut 13,10,50 a.m.
Adelaide, August 13. The steamer Port Chalmers, '2667 tons, from London to' Sydney has arrived here in a battered condition.
Jler bowsprit, cutwater, head are gone, and the bow plating is smashed for twenty feet, froin the wate'rline 'npwards,' and the Hoa,ts stove m. '■' ' " : ' ' : ' ; ■'■■'■ QfV Taly 27th, after pounding the f?ape' t she' came'i'nfo cojljsiqn an immense iceberg, " •'■■■•- Hundreds of tons'of ice fell on the starboard side and the ship was almost capsized, her bows stove in, her stem smashed, and as she was taakfng water fast, the situation became criticaj. The boats were swung qui rg&dy $o abandon the vessel, but by keep' r ing fche pumps continuously going and patching up the boles, she managed to keep afloat. She afterwards met tempestuous weather, and altogether those on board had a most distressing experience.
[ The steamer was only saved by the collision bulkheads remaining intact. She has a! large general cargo, including a big shipment of dyjiamite, which it is believed is bo 4 seriously damaged.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5102, 13 August 1895, Page 2
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180IN COLLISION WITH AN ICEBERG. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5102, 13 August 1895, Page 2
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