A STEAMER BEACHED.
TO PREVENT HER SINKING. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright. Melbourne, May 2. An accident happened to the Howard Smith Company's steamer Peregrine, 19S0 tons, with over 100 passengers and a largo general cargo,' whilst leaving tho river. A plate over an old porthole became displaced, and tlia water gained rapidly. The captain beached tho steamer at tlio entrance to the bay to prevent her sinking. The passengers were landed. The damage to the cargo will not be known until the steamer is temporarily repaired and reberthed.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1430, 3 May 1912, Page 5
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87A STEAMER BEACHED. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1430, 3 May 1912, Page 5
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