TAINUI IN COLLISION.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 125, 27 May 1913, Page 5

TAINUI IN COLLISION.

tIINER BADLY DAMAGED.

MAKING FOR CORUNNA. WATEE _XT two holds. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Bcceived 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 26. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamer Tainui, when Homeward bound from Wellington to London, collided in a dense fog with the steamer Inca 50 miles north of Cape Finisterre, oh the north-west extremity of Spain.

The impact was a terrific one, and the Tainui was badly damaged.

A hole was torn in the hull near the bow below the water line, and through this the water rushed at so great a rate that it was impossible for the pumps to cope with the inflow.

Wireless messages for help were at once sent out, and the Garth Castle, which was in the vicinity, was soon in attendance.

. The sea was calm, and as there were doubts as to how long the Tainui would float, her passengers were at once placed aboard the boats and transferred to the waiting liner, this being accomplished without injury or loss of life. The Tainui was then headed nt full speed for Corunna, the nearest port, the Galicia, which also heard her wireless call for help, acting as convoy in case the stricken vessel should sink before making port. When the last message was sent out from the Tainui she was still heading for Corunna, with her No. 1 hold full of water.

The second hold was' then filling, and the vessel had a dangerous list.