COLLIER CAPSIZES
CLOSE CALL FOR CREW United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright SYDNEY, March 18 The small wooden collier, Hall Caine, 213 tons, capsized and sank yesterday evening off Broken Bay, while being towed by the steamer Idant. All the members of the crew wore saved. The Idant saw the Hall Caine flying distress signals and took her in tow, after transferring six members of the crew of the Hall Caine, leaving three on board. The Hall Caine was in a sinking condition, but the two captains hoped they would be able to make Broken Bay. After travelling six miles, in one and a half hours, however, it became obvious that the Hall Caine was in a hopeless condition. The three who remained aboard. Captain Turner, the engineer and a sailor, took to the lifeboat, and were picked up by the Idant, just before the Hall Caine turned completely over, and sank about five miles from Broken Bay. The collier had sprung a leak three hours previously, and despite the pumps, water gradually gained until the engine room was flooded.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20680, 19 March 1937, Page 5
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180COLLIER CAPSIZES Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20680, 19 March 1937, Page 5
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