ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER.
FIVE MEN DROWNED.
Press Association— By T-lesrtaph—Copyright London, December 15. While the Orotava was coaling at Tilbury she listed to starboard, and her portholes being open, filled rapidly, the hull being submerged. Five of those on board were drowned, the water coming in so suddenly as to prevent their escapo. Three hundred men were engaged in coaling the steamer Oratava at the time of the accident, and they were saved with difficulty. It is expected that the vessel will be easily refloated. December 16. The Orient Company hope to float the Orotava to-day.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9602, 17 December 1896, Page 5
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