TWO STEAMERS IN COLLISION.
200 LIVES SUPPOSED TO BE LOST.
FEAEFUL SCENES.
Received 8, 11.2 p.m.
PARIS, June 8. . The Traissiet Company's steamers lusolaire and Liban collided off Marseilles.
There were 240 passengers and crew on the Liban, and it is feared" only 40 were saved.
The Liban was a vessel of 3000 tons. She sank in te» minutes, bow foremost.
Wild disorder prevailed amongst the passengers, the vessel disappearing amidst wild shrieking*. Received 9, 0.32 a.m.
PAEIS, June 8. A sailor who was a passenger by the Liban attributes the collision to the inefficiency of the Liban's captain. Tho weather was calm at the time of the disaster. There was only time to lower cue boat.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 808, 9 June 1903, Page 2
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