VESSELS IN COLLISION.
MELBOURNE BAY MISHAP. NO PASSENGERS INJURED. BAD DISASTER AVERTED. By Telegraph—Presß Association —Copyright. A. and N.Z, MELBOURNE. Aug. 10. Two inter-State steamers, the Cooma and the Oonah, collided in the bay off tho VVilliamstown lighthouse. Tho Cooma was compelled to return to port. When the vessels collided a hole about tho size of a doorway was torn in the Oonah's side, and water was found in her forward hold. Tho Cooma was damaged for 20ft. from between her bow and tho bridge on tho starboard sido, all abovo the waterline. After the impact tho Cooma glanced off to the Oonah's stern and one of her anchors was torn oif. Tho crash was so severe that passengers on tho Oonah were thrown off their feet, but none of them was. injured. Had the Cooma not glanced off after sho struck she would have gone right through the Oonah. A woman on board the latter vessel had only just left her cabin when it was completely wrecked. Many of the passengers suffered from shock. Tho Cooma's voyage had to bo cancelled. She is owned by the Australian Steamship Proprietary, Limited, and was en route to Sydney. The Oonah is owned by the Union Company. ,Sho was returning to Melbourne from Tasmania.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19101, 20 August 1925, Page 9
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212VESSELS IN COLLISION. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19101, 20 August 1925, Page 9
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