COLLISION NEAR SYDNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 290, 8 December 1925, Page 7

COLLISION NEAR SYDNEY.

SUVA AND THE CHILLAGOE.i A SEAMAN LOST. VESSELS BADIT DAMAGED. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received l p.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The passenger steamer Suva, 2229 and the cargo carrier ChiUagoe, 1495 tons y i collided foiir miles off Sydnfey Heads. Both Vessels were Seriously damaged. | One member of the Suva's drew wad lost overhoafd, and though lighted bubyS were launched, no trace of him j could be found. r The Chillagoe was beached in the har- j bout, and the Suva, which was boiind j for Melbourne with a full passenger listj Was compelled "to return With badly Smashed bowl. The cadse of the collision is a myStery, as the vessels, which were Sighted from the signal station, appeared to have plenty of sea room. When the crash occurred most of the crew of the Chillagoe were below, and oniy eight feet away ffoM where the bows of the Suva- tore a gating idle id her side below the watefluie. Water poured in and the boats were launched, but examination Showed the damage was hot serious enough t<i warrant abandoning the ship. The first indication of the Collision was received at the Signal st&tion ftoM the Suva, which Signalled that there had been a collision with the Chillagoe. The Suva then stood By, and the men were ordered to the boat Stations. It was while Swinging out one of the boats that Seamaii William Doyle, of Sydney, fell from the boat. WTien Doyle fell from the Suva's boat his cries could be heard in the darkness, but search waS unavailing. The Chillagoe was beached on a steep Sandbank, and it iS necessary to keep her propellers, working to prevent the steamer slipping into deep water.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)