ACCIDENT TO THE OROTAVA.
A REPETITION* OF THE AUSTRAL AFFAIR. (P-i pjy.w A"-'•• /'</'"<■>'. —C' 7 Losi«o.v. Dec. 1-j. While the Orient steamer Orotava was coaling at Tilbury Docks she listed to starboard, and the port holes being open she filled rapidly, the hull being submerged. Five of those on bonrd were drowned, the water coming in so suddenly as to prevent escape.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 198, 16 December 1896, Page 3
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62ACCIDENT TO THE OROTAVA. Hastings Standard, Issue 198, 16 December 1896, Page 3
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