ILL-FATED VOYAGE.
STEAMER'S DOUBLE COLLISION I 'TWO SHIPS SUNK. ' -"■'. ; •■' '~ -" -'-■■..-' ■■■-:■'■■ ■■■;.:-.V.-. :",:;.;'' Vv, > | LONDON. July 15. An extraordinary double collision at sea is reported : from Yarmouth. At , 3 a.m. to-day the Swedish steamer Eldorado collided with the Spanish steamer Begona the Fifth. i The Eldorado's captain- states that he stopped his ship when the Begona the .Fifth loomed up through the - dense fog. : -" ; The '';} Eldorado's crew J climbed aboard the Begona the Fifth. 1 The two vessels remained ■'■ locked together for a' quarter of an ■; hour. ' Later the steamer Sheridan appeared out of the fog, and struck the Begona the Fifth, whose crew had just time enough; to launch; the boats;' before she sank. A Yarmouth: tug rescued the crews of both sunken vessels, numbering 43V men and two 'women.; It is believed that there ; were no casualties, but the crews lost all I their belongings. :.' ;,' ¥ ' . .; . ;.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18460, 25 July 1923, Page 9
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144ILL-FATED VOYAGE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18460, 25 July 1923, Page 9
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