A NARROW ESCAPE.
United Press Association —By Elestric Telegraph—Cop3Tiglit. Received October 10, 1 p.m. New York, October 15. The steamer San Francisco, loaded with a cargo of explosives intended for the fleet’s inse, narrowly escaped colliding with a, Government yaclit, on which were the Navy secretary and other high officials. Disaster was avoided by a few feet. If the vessels had hit, their captains admitted that nothing could have prevented the entire destruction of both.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10480, 16 October 1912, Page 5
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75A NARROW ESCAPE. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10480, 16 October 1912, Page 5
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