COLLISION AT SYDNEY.-PASSENGERS SAFE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13156, 5 May 1906, Page 4

COLLISION AT SYDNEY.-PASSEN-GERS S AFE.

Sydney ,- May -I.— The steamer Bun- . i«o^ong, ; ihward bound from Melbourne td-niglit with eighty passengers, came ilito' coJilisibn with tho barqjue Criffel. ;Thes Matter was proceeding -to Nowcassj': tb load . for the West- Coast pi' America,- and was in tbw of a tug,f which 'had another vessel last along" sidte'. :-\: -\ ' ; '"■ : ' ;; ' ; - '.•• ' ■.■'.- ■' ■/■ ' „;■''."

The . Bunmybrig, between Bradley's Head'" and Qarclen Jsilan'd, apparently did not observe that the tTig had a vesVel' towing astern, and attempted to cross over behind the tug, when the-Griffel crashed into the steamer amidships, -her bowsprit caErying; away tlie ; stsamar's funneK J

■Her v stein Cut Hhe'Bumnyoiig to the Wa'terline amidshipsV maiking a great ; in, her side;- ' v ■•- « The* f -st€ame'r dropped ailchor, aijd as she began tb ; ' fill, got und^r weigh to steam, ashore in 'Elizabeth Bay, where she no w " lies^ 'with eig-ht feet of watery in her hold. ;

The* passengers landed safely. The baflq^ientine was a good deal damaged^ for Avafd.^ v - *

LATER-DETAILS. I ', 'Sydney, May s.'r~li, was ciesja* mponligkt ait the time of th^ coillisibn." ; Theife is prep,o'jid,ei'ati!ng- testimony that nothing approaching a panic occiirr6d';' though a lady p'aasenger aceiiises some of the male passengers' of ■behaving life madmen in their efforts to._reaph the. boats. :

The effect of the stealmer striking tWvrto^ia^"---WaWser^v4s ; *Vi6\'' : brin : gi ' the barque down* on hef aifc'a 'gre&t pace.

- THaft ■ piassengvers' '=w«ir^ : thrown' down b^tfie shook . r df the- imp&vb; and it is marvellous how^' &l <&&' fall"•g^DweL and accoinpanying ;,- . wreckage. "■" ' ' ; """■■ .' ■■-'-. J ""'■; ! i/ifii;i /ifii;

The fii^s t w^^ ; ewtingjuiiiahed . by a ti^gncJons. , ,inr,usih ,ol Saltier into, the •eng^nei J iloo!m'i ; • Th>e ; •hia'd . b'&reEy time^jtp make their ■ escaipia to the deck.

..Poatsfrom H.M.S. PowerfuJ, and the navaV ; depot at Gard<en Islanid Wore oa the^scene in. a few minutes, and ' rescuedthe passengers. ' ;

Einiding . Uhe vwjsel sinikjing, the tug, after,; depositing t^ie Criffcl in a safe placej-x'toAved .the steamer across to shallow; water. JvLK'