DISASTER IN MERSEY.
LOCK GATES FORCED OPEN. RIVER CRAFT SWAMPED. LOSS OF SIX LIVES. Bj Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 12.30 a.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON, June 5. A collier leaving a dock a. Birkenhtad crashed into' the gates of a lock. Water pouring, out into the river overturned barges and small craft. The collier herself was/washed into the river on a ten foot wave. Rescue vessels were helpless against the torrent. Six lives were lost.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17490, 7 June 1920, Page 5
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