SAILING SHIP LOST.
COLLISION WITH A LINER. ' By Cabte. — Press Association. — Copyright. LONDON, February 30. The ship Ben-Lee, hound from Liverpool to Sydney, collided with the American liner Philadelphia off the South Slack. The crew of the Hen-Lee took to their boats, and all, excepting one man, were saved. When the master left her, the Ben-Lee's deck was awash. I The HenT.ee was a large steel ship of 2311 tons gross register, built in 1893 by Messrs Barclay, Curie, and Co., Ltd., at Clasgow, and owned l>y Messrs J. and .1. Mac and Co., of Liverpool. Tile Philadelphia is a twin screw liner of 10,786 tons gross register, built in 1889 by Messrs .7. and (i. Thomson at Glasgow, and owned by the International Mercantile Marine Co., of New York. She was at one time known as the City Of Paris.l
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 617, 1 February 1916, Page 8
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