A CLUMSY SHIP.

Grey River Argus, 1 September 1927, Page 5

A CLUMSY SHIP.

'WRECKS TWO VESSELS ON THE THAMES. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn). LONDON, August 30. The propeller of the steamer Panics Beltana holed the steamer Torrington, in a collision in the Thames, the Torrington sinking alongside a wharf. LATER. The Pandos Beltana and the Torrington were proceeding together down the Gravesend Reach when the former stuck, and cut in halves a small motor boat which had broken down. Its sole occupant jumped into the river, and was rescued by a t' The Pandos Beltana then swung, and, as a result, the Torrington was holed, and beached in a sinking condition. , The Pandos Beltana was able ot proceed to Australia.