SHIPS IN COLLISION
BRITISH STEAMER SINKS PASSENGERS AND CREW SAVE*. (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrlfltt) LONDON, Sept. 10 Seventy-two passengers and 21 members of the crew of the British steamer Lairdcastle, which sank off the Scottish coast after a collision with the Vernon City, have been landed safely in Scotland. The passengers and crew were rescued by a British destroyer, which reached the scene of the collision two hours after receiving a call for help By this time all had taken to the boats. No lives were lost. Built at Ardrossan in 1924, the Burns and Laird Lines, Limited’s, steamer Lairdcastle, of 1945 tons, was one of a fleet of 12 vessels operated by the line All are registered at Glasgow. The 4748-ton steamer Vernon City, owned by the Reardon Smith Line, Limited was built at Sunderland in 1929 and is registered at Bideford.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 9
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144SHIPS IN COLLISION Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 9
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