A STEAMER SUNK.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. [press association.] San Francisco, August 25. The steamer Oceania while entering the harbour came into collision with the outward bound steamer Chester, and the latter was so badly injured that she sank in a few moments, while the former was fearfully damaged, and was only with difficulty prevented from foundering. It has been ascertained that 34 of the passengers and crew of the Chester were drowned, the remainder being rescued by the crew of the Oceania
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9144, 28 August 1888, Page 5
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83A STEAMER SUNK. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9144, 28 August 1888, Page 5
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