COLLISION IN CHANNEL
NORWEGIAN STEAMER SINKS.
British Official Wireless Service. Rugby, Oct. 10. A collision occurred iu the English Channel yesterday between the White Star liner Afric Star, bound from London to Buenos Aires, and the Norwegian steamer Charente, 1327 tons, from Bordeaux to Oslo. The Charente’s crew and three passengers, including a woman and a baby, were brought aboard the Afric Star, which kept her bow locked in the Norwegian. Afterwards the Charente sank, the Afric Star returning to London where it was found that the bows had been damaged.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 256, 12 October 1932, Page 8
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