COLLISION AT SEA.
| A SCHOONER DAMAGED. SYDNEY, Thursday. Tho schooner Whangaroa, from Whangarpe, was towed in in a crippled condition to-day, she having been in collision during the night with an unknown vessel. Her master states that the mishap occurred about 20 miles off the Heads. A barque had been reported some time before, and whiie looking for her lights she suddenly came down shouted and blew a whistle, warning her to keep off, but no notice was ta- | ken, and tho barqiie struck the scVinonI er a sliding blow, carrying away the foretopmnst and bowspit. She then swung clear, and continued her voy- ! age without even asking if the Whangaroa wanted assistance. The Whangaroa lay by till the morning. The colliding vessel is supposed to be the. barque St. Joseph, bound from Eio (tf ' Newcastle.^ ■•■■■••■•■ v
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 April 1907, Page 4
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137COLLISION AT SEA. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 April 1907, Page 4
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