A TIDAL WAVE.
FOUR MEN DROWNED,
Pres3 Asaociation— By Telegraph—Copyright. ■ ;■ : : MkIboUBNE, Novemjier 8.
Details of the loss of . f-j.ur mori iKnuthe steamer Woolloomooloo in the last homeward run shows that the fatality was oaused by a tidal wave, which struck the vessel on a smooth sea two days , after . passing the meridian of Cape Leuwin. B\vo passengers and-the sennn'.n v/ere on deck, when saddenly a wave fully 50ft high arose and made for the vessel'with the velocity of a projsctile. It struck her with a report like the discharge of artillery. Toe vessel heeled ovsr 33 degrees, and three seamen and one passenger, the lat.ter named Clark; ware washed away. Tbe remaining passengers on dack, though overwhelmed by water, and severely injured,'' managed to remain on the vessel's deck.. • ■ •
TRADES AND LABOUR.
THE RKG [WEEKS'.'STRIKE.
Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. London, Novemosr 8.
The effect of the engineerh' strike is noticeable in the Board of Trade returns for the montb, which shows a decrease in exports of machinery to the value if L4G5,000. The Boilermakers' Erecative has determiued to suspend the London Committee owing to tbe refusal'of its members to return, to work when ordered by the union.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10956, 10 November 1897, Page 2
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196A TIDAL WAVE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 10956, 10 November 1897, Page 2
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