COLLISION AT SEA.
COLLIER SUNK. C.P.R. PASSENGER LINER BADLY DAMAGED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received July 29, 11.15 p.m.) MONTREAL, July 29.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Com* pany’s passenger liner Empress of Britain, 14,189 tons, bound for Liverpool with over a thousand passengers on board, had a sensational experience off Capo Breton, the most easterly point of Nova Scotia.
The liner collided during a fog with the British collier Helvetia, which sank. The collier’s crew were saved, and the Empress of Britain returned to port with her bows damaged.
FOREPART OF LINER FLOODED. PASSENGERS AND MAILS TRANSFERRED. (Received July SO, 1.5 a.m.) MONTREAL, July 29. The Helvetia was out in two and sank immediately. The Empress of Britain was badly stove in, and her fore compartment* filled with water.
Some of the passengers and the mails were transferred to a steamer standing by.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8186, 30 July 1912, Page 7
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