Hitting an Iceberg.
Adelaide, August 13. The steamer Port Chalmers, 4,154 tons, bound from London to Sydney, ; has arrived here in a battered con • dition. Her bowsprit, cutwater, andfigurehead are gone, the bow plating is smashed for 20ft , from the waterline: upwards, and her boats are staved in. On the 27th July, after rounding the Cape, she came into collision with an: immense iceberg. A hundred tons of! ice fell on the starboard side of the; ship, and she was almost capsized. I The bows were stove in and smashed,! and as the vessel was making water! fast, the ‘ situation became critical. ] The boats were therefore swung out in* readiness to abandon the vessel, but by | keeping the pumps continuously going,] and patching up the holes, the crew, managed to keep her afloat. She: afterwards met with tempestuous: weather. Althogether, those on board* had a most distressing experience.« The steamer was only saved by the] collision bulkheads remaining intact,; She has a large general cargo, including | a big consignment of dynamite, which,! it is believed, is not seriously damaged.'
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 1373, 20 August 1895, Page 3
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