SHIPS IN COLLISION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20024, 14 August 1928, Page 9

SHIPS IN COLLISION.

OTRANTO PASSENGERS CALM.

JAPANESE SEAMAN INJURED. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. LONDON. Aug. 12. The passengers on the Orient liner Otranto were dining when the collision with the Japanese ship Kitano Maru occurred. Everything on the tables was thrown in all directions. A second impact occurred shortly afterwards. Many people rushed on deck and donned life-belts. Although the extent of the damage was unknown there was no panic. The women were particularly calm. The Otranto's bows suffered the worst damage. The vessel was stationary for half-an-hour while the extent of the damage was beiug ascertained. She then returned slowly to an anchorage. A special train took the passengers to "the Midlands and to London. The seamen on board the Kitano Maru were asleep in their'bunks when the collision happened. One of them sustained fractures of the leg and spine. He was lauded at Hull. A British official wireless message says pumping operations were continued throughout the night in order to keep the Japanese vessel afloat at the mouth of the Huniber, Arrangements were made to tow the vessel into Hull dock this evening.