SHIPS COLLIDE IN CHANNEL
FOUR GIRLS RECEIVE
INJURIES
EXTRICATED FROM WRECKAGE WITH CROWBARS LONDON, August 8. Four girls were jammed at the head of the fore saloon bulkhead when the cross-Channel steamer Princess Marie Jose, with 750 excursionists from Dover, collided with the Clan Macneil, off Dunkirk.
The girls bravely bore for threequarters of an hour the ordeal of extrication from the wreckage by seamen with crowbars. They were taken ashore in the first tug which came alongside and were sent to hospital at Dunkirk, where two had their right legs amputated below the knee. The third suffered a fractured leg, foot and arm injuries, and the fourth abrasions. Many other passengers were shaken or bruised. The injured girls, who were sleeping when the collision occurred, were washed from their beds by the inrush of water. They lost all their possessions. The Clan Macneil struck the Marie Jose amidships in a slight fog and smashed her sides below the water line. The sea rushed in, causing a temporary panic among the passengers. The Clan Macneil went full speed ahead, pushing the Marie Jose aground instead of allowing her to sink.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22167, 10 August 1937, Page 9
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