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STEAMER AND TUG BADLY DAMAGED, HANDS TO THE PUMPS. BOTH VESSELS TO BE DOCKED. (D? AgSQCIATJON^COrYMGHT.) (Reo, August ?S, 0.30 p.m.) Sydney. August 28, A Pension ocourrpd olf the North Head early this morning between" t]ie A.TJ.S.N, Company's step! gprpw s tea met' Suva, • 2229 ton§j built i« 18001 tw'l the iroi l tug Hero, 161 tons, owned by J, Fenwiek i>ucl On, The guvii was bound to Newcastle to bunker, and th§ tug was inward.bound. Both were badly damaged. Tin? Suva was struck on tljo port side, end a. hole six feet in length and eighteen inphesi in. depth waa out just below deck level. Several plates below the watcrline Were damaged and the rivets started. The Suva's pumps kept a lioavy inrush of water (lown till the steamer reached the wharf.
The Hero, in a orippled state, was towed into thq harbour thig afternoon, DETAILS OF TIIE DAMAGE, (Rpo, August 29, O.dO a.m.) Sydney, August 28., The condition of the tug Hero shows the force of the impact, Ifer ster?l waa broken, a boiler was shifted from it? position, the) steajnpipe ppnneptions were earned sway, jlid the forepart was flooded, The tug was completely disabled, Luckily no one was injured by esoaping steam. Both vessolp wiU bo docked. Four of the {Suva's plates need to be renewed,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 288, 29 August 1908, Page 5
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220COLLISION. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 288, 29 August 1908, Page 5
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