THE TAINUI'S COLLISION
United Press Association —By Else trio Telegraph—Copyright. Received May 29, 1 p.m, Loudon, May 28. The steamer Tainui has a hole 3ft. by 2ft. Sire is being temporarily repaired at Corunna. All the meat in No. 1 hold is bad and will probably be jettisoned. No. 2 hold was not flooded. The passengers were not informed of the seriousness of tbs collision till the evening when the vessel’s bows sank till walking the deck was like climbing a hill. Later the passengers were advised to retire, and the majority did so, but were awakened at*3 o’clock in the morning find life bolts were served out. The steamer Garth Castle with the Tainui’s passengers twice narrowly escaped collisions with tramps ' while proceeding up the channel in the fog. Captain Cruise did not leave the bridge lor three days ana nights.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10658, 29 May 1913, Page 8
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142THE TAINUI'S COLLISION Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10658, 29 May 1913, Page 8
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