TWO STEAMERS STRIKE
* ONE SINKS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April 17. The Orient Royal mail steamer Ortcna (8,000 tons), when twenty miles south of the Eddystone lighthouse, collided with the small steamer Tryst, which struck the Ortona amidships on., the port side. The Ortona's screw was twisted, but no material damage was done. The captain of the Ortona states that when the vessels collided there was no one at- the Tryst's bridge wheel. '[Tie Ortonaproceeded to Plymouth. The Tryst foundered shortly after the mishap, but the crew were rescued.
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Evening Star, Issue 14037, 19 April 1909, Page 6
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