SHIPPING DISASTERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13870, 2 October 1908, Page 5

SHIPPING DISASTERS.

SINKING OF THE ARGONAUT. ; A TIMELY RESCUE. / '.': By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.."■/ London, September 30. The passengers by the steam yacht Argonaut/which collided in the English Channel yesterday with the collier Kingswell, had many thrilling experiences, and but for the proximity of rescuing vessels and a full supply of boats in the yacht, many lives must have been lost. Splendid discipline prevailed among the crew of the Argonaut, and ; the greatest coolness prevailed among the passengers, there being not the slightest sign of panic. The collision occurred between eight'■: and, nine o'clock in the morning, when the passengers, including fifty ladies, were at breakfast. They immediately filed out on to the deck, and were all transferred to the boats in the space of a few minutes. , y : : :: 1 The damage to the Argonaut was so extensive-that within twenty minutes of the impact she had foundered, but , by-this /time the boats were well ; clear. All the passengers were taken aboard the Kingswell, but as she was filling rapidly, having also been badly damaged, she was headed for the shore and was beached Another vessel then took off the passengers and conveyed them ;to Dover. : . * ANOTHER COLLISION. LARGE NUMBER DROWNED. (Received October 2, 12.10 a.m.) Constantinople, October 1. A Turkish steamer collided, with and sank the ferry steamer Stamboul outside Smyrna, - 140 being drowned.