COLLISIONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 826, 26 May 1910, Page 5

COLLISIONS.

STEAMER SUNK IN THE CHANNEL i . TWENTY-TWO LOST. TWO OTHER MARINE DISASTERS. London, May 24. A collision, with much loss of lifo, occurred in tho Channel, between the Ger- ] uinii barque Vinnen, from Hamburg for , Mexico, ami the steel screw steamer ; Skerryvore, 3371 tbus gross, from Spain a for Rotterdam, t Twenty-two of the Skerryvore's crew c were drowned. t i ONLY ONE SURVIVOR. t _ ii EXPLODES/AND SINKS IN THREE e MINUTES. s (Rec. May 25, 10.50 p.nl.) a London, May 25. ! The collision occurred off Hastings at y night-time, and. tho sea was choppy. . }' Tho Skerryvoro was crossing the Vin- 1! nen's bows when tho barque struck her s abaft the mainmast. The impact was « followed by a terrific explosion, the s steamer's boilers blowing up. I Most of the Skcrryvoro's crevr were in ' their bunks when the collision occurred. '* She foundered in three minutes. Tho Vinnen's boats were instantly lowered, but a steward was the only one saved out of the Skerryvore's complement. The majority of the victims, except the officers, were foreigners. TTho Skerryvore was built in 1892, and was owned by tho Fargrove Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. Dimensions: Length, 340 ft. sin.; beam, 42ft. lin.j depth, 19ft. 2in.] NINETEEN DROWNED. h COLLISION IN LAKE HURON. J New York, May 24. v Tho American-owned steel screw P steamer , Frank H. Goodyear, 4615 tons. gross, sank in Thunder Bay, Lake Huron, ii Michigan, after, a collision. <1 Nineteen persons wcro drowned. c [The Frank H. Goodyear was built in J , 1902. Her dimensions were: Length, 416 ft. i breadth, 50ft. ; depth, 28ft/| b h RUSSIAN TRAGEDY SIX MAN-O'-WARSMEN PERISH. (Rec. Jlay 25, 10.50 p.m.) St. Petersburg, May 25. A sailing boat belonging' to the Rus- ' sian armoured cruiser Gromoboi, 12,336-" tons, was capsized at Kronstadt. Six men wore drowned. = . n