WARSHIP'S NARROW ESCAPE.
AN ARTIFICER'S MISTAKE
(Received Feb. 20, 7.20 v.m.\ Hobart, Feb. 20.
The warshio Encounter, lying in the stream, has had a narrow escat>e from mishap. An artificer by mistake oriented a valve and the ship filled till the lower booms were awash. It was feared that beaehinf would be necessary, and all the boats were got out. The application of a collision mat luckily enabled the- closing o f the valve.
CABLE NJSWS.
iPBEfIB Association.—Cofstbighi.]
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Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15307, 21 February 1920, Page 5
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