A STEAMSHIP COLLISION.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 125, 24 October 1885, Page 4

A STEAMSHIP COLLISION.

Eight Li es Lost in the English Channel. NfrW Yokk, September 19 A " Herald " London c ible Si«.> £> : <*. collision, attended with 10->& of life* occurred in the channel jesterday Af the screw steamer Brenrta bound from B irs*omh to London, wih coming up the channel in the early morning, she ran ino the paddle steamer the Dolphin of London. The captain of the Kretida, finding the bow of his* vessd was comp'etely ciuahed in and that she was rapidly making water, phaperJ his com>e for Dover, where he received prompt assistance and was enabled to keep his t-hip afln it. Tho Dolphin did not fareso well. Aseoon »a tho B rend a had cleared from her it was found t-he w as pinking, and her captain af rer oruei ing the boats to be got out, headed 'he yes-el toward the frhore, which was Beveral miles distant. The Dolphin bad not proceeded far when she eank. Most of her passengers a"d crew escaped in boats, and landed at King«dovw?, but several person* were drowned According t,n the most reliable iu forma , tion, the collision was due to the Brenrili having portid her helm when at full speed The Dolphin is conseqrently held hlamelef-s One of # the paB.«en«ers on the Polphin on being interviewed «<aid that, immediately after the oolli-ion he found the water hubbtiig up through the saloon floor. Rushing on deck he informed the captain. An attempt was made at once to get out the boats, but they were lushed 60 firmly that they could not be lowered. ( »ne was at last lav ched. In an instant the men. careless of the poor women on board, crowded into it The attempt w»M being made to lower the other boat, when Mr P> iliips, a passenger, seeing the yes-el linking, seized a life buoy just before he was swept, into the wave*. Several other passengers had succeeded in getting into the boats, though there was fearful confusion on board When the Dolphin nettled and frank the Brendu steamed away, leaving the victims of her imprudence to their fates. Eight lives, it is believed, were loat.