MANY CHANNEL DISASTERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18519, 2 October 1923, Page 7

MANY CHANNEL DISASTERS.

COLLISIONS : FOGS.

FRENCH STEAMER SUNK.

ANOTHER RUNS ASHORE. By Telegraph— Association—Copyright. A. ■and N.Z. LONDON, Sept. 30. There have been remarkable fogs in the English Channel. Disasters to shipping have been frequent from the coast of Cornwall to the mouth of the Thames particularly of! Falmouth, the Goodwin Sands, and the busiest portions of the coast.

The Frenclf steamer Berville went ashore at Falmouth. When refloated she was rammed by an unknown steamer, which disappeared ii the fog.

The Brobonne, -which belongs to the same company as the Bervillo, was also rammed by an unknown steamer of about 10,000 tons, badly damaged, and sunk, near the Manacles, Falmouth. All members of the crew were rescued.

The French steamer Nicolas Norbert, of Boulogne, it is reported, has been in collision with an unknown steamer off Penzance. She is leaking badly.

The steamer, which struck the Nicolas Norbert was apparently the Charbonnier, of Havre, which is now aground at Penzance.

Tho collisions near the Goodwin Sands included the British steamer Mokta, which rammed and sank the schooner Florence. Four of the crew" of the Florence were saved. [ ;

The Greek steamer Bassilion Destounin crashed into a Norwegian steamer. Both had to bo towed by tugs to Dover.