SHIPPING CASUALTIES

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13145, 28 August 1914, Page 5

SHIPPING CASUALTIES

NEW ZEALAND BOUND TRAM.P ASHORE. y'er Cabin.—Press- Aasuciiiliim.—Copyright) Received August 27,10 p.m. 1 VANCOUVER, August 27. Later reports show that eleven people, including nine of the crew, wi.ti; drowned by the sinking of the steamer Admiral Sampson, after a collision witb the Princess Victoria,

Notwithstanding the fact that the Admiral Sampson was enveloped in llamcs through the bursting of an oil tank, the rescuers., from the Princess Victoria acted so promptly that the bulk of the Admiral .Sampson's passengers were removed safely, during the few minutes the two vessels remained interlocked.

•' [The above message is evidently an addition to a previous one, announcing a shipping disaster, that has not come to hand.] \ MONTREAL, August 20, . The New- Zealand Shipping Company 's chartered steamer Anglo-Brabi-lian, grounded in the St. 1 Lawrence river, on her departure for Australian and New Zealand ports. A" thousand tons of cargo have ben lightered, and it is expected that the vessel will be refloated undaniagd.