COLLISION AT SEA.
FRENCH STEAMER FOUNDERS. ' NEARLY. A HUNDRED - DROWNED. ; ; By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. (Received November 15, 9.45 p.m.) Singapore, November 15. : The Messageries "Maritimes steamer La Seyne (2379. tons) foundered in the Rhio Straits, near -• Singapore, yesterday two minutes after colliding with the British India liner Onda (5274 tons). ; The latter rescued and landed 61 at Singapore,. Many were badly bitten by sharks. .; ,U, ; Seven of the .La Seyne's European and 50 Asiatic .passengers, and the Captain and five officers and 38 of the Asiatic crew were drowned. STRANDED STEAMER. ONLY ONE MAN SAVED. Amsterdam, November JA. The German steamer Wilna, laden with iron, is stranded ■at Lieland, Holland. Of the crew of fourteen, thirteen were drowned. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14219, 16 November 1909, Page 5
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