IRISH SEA MISHAP.
NO TRACE OF PANIC,
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Aug. 19.
There was no trace of panic among the Laurcntic’s 630 passengers after the vessel’s collision with tho Napier Star in tho Irish Sea early yesterday morning. They were ordered to put on lifebelts and were summoned to the boat stations, and although the boats were swung out in readiness for launching, these proved unnecessary, and the passengers were dismissed and returned to their cabins. Two of the crew of the Laurentic were killed and five injured. Both liners proceeded to Liverpool under their own steam accompanied by tugs which had been summoned by wireless. Both ships suffered considerable damage. PROTECTION IN FOG.
APPARATUS ON NORMANDIE,
LONDON, Aug. 20.
The Daily Telegraph’s Paris correspondent says that the liner Normandie’s latest* equipment is a radio-elec-tric apparatus which will enable the ship to detect the exact location of all objects in its vicinity at night time or in a fog. It was invented by M. Ponte, a young French scientist, and was exhaustively tested before it was fitted. It is claimed that it will provide effective protection against collisions like the Laurentic’s.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 224, 21 August 1935, Page 7
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192IRISH SEA MISHAP. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 224, 21 August 1935, Page 7
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