A COLLISION.
PASSENGER STEAMER RAMMED BY A COLLIER. SOME EXCITING MOMENTS. fni teleouarn —rnEss association—copyright.) Melbourne, September 5. Messrs. Howard Smith and Co.'s iron screw steamer Leura, 1186 tons gross, with' over one hundred passengers on board, was making an excursion round tho United States Fleet, when the American collier Ajax, outward bound, collided with her. The collier'cut deep into tho Leura's starboard quarter, making a liolo 70 feet square, extending from tho deck to below the water line. ' The vessels hung together until the passengers had clambered aboard the Ajas or been transferred to a tug manned by men from the battleship Connecticut, which came to their assistance. ... t The Leura's bulkheads remained ' intact, and, prevented her from sinking. She returned to port. , Tho Ajax's bow .was badly battered, several plates being wrenched out of position. She was docked. There was a momentary panic among the Leura's passengers, and one or two women fainted.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 295, 7 September 1908, Page 7
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155A COLLISION. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 295, 7 September 1908, Page 7
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