Terrible Collision at Sea

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1068, 16 August 1904, Page 3

Terrible Collision at Sea

A Barque Founders No Time io Lower the Boats Twenty Persons Drowned IV «> Af«oei»tinn.— Coujrlsi ;t. Lonpon, Aug, 15 During tho hazy, stormy weather on Saturday night the ship Loch Corron collided with tho barquo inverkip, bound from Melbourne to Quoenstown with a cargo of wheat, eighty railos south west .of Fastnet. Tho Inverkip quickly set tled down, thero being no timo to lower tho boats, She foundered in twj or threo minutes. Twenty persons wero drowned. Tho carpenter (Luhomann), a seaman, and the steward alone were savod, They scrambled on to tho bowsprit. The captain's wifo was seen alt praying, Tho Loch Corror.'s bows woro damagod, She has arrived at Qucenstown.