ACCIDENTS TO SHIPPING.
GUNBOAT GOES ASHORE. SAFELY REFLOATED. (Received October 25. 5.5 p.m.) London, October 23. The gunboat Dryad went ashore to-day on the north coast of Scotland. The crow landed safely. Later, the vessel was refloated without damage. Tlio Dryad is a torpedo gunboat oi 1070 ions and was built in 1896. She hat a sneod of 20 knots. CASUALTIES OX MONITOR. RESULT OF GUN ACCIDENT, London, October 23. Several casualties occurred on the monitor Severn as the result of ar accident that occurred to a gun or board. STEAMER STRIKES MINE. SWEDISH SHIP LOST (Received Oelober 25. 8.30 p.m.) London, October 24. The Swedish steamer Alvar strucl 1 a mine and foundered in the Nortl Sea. The majority of her crew wen ' saved. L > I The Alvar was built in 1883. and h< t, | gross tonnage was 174. Slip was owne . j by E. V. Mattssnn, of Sefle, Sweden.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15749, 26 October 1914, Page 6
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