ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
United Press Association— By Electric TelegraphCopyright. , ■Eeceived Jan, 8, 9 45 a.m. STRIKING OF A STEAMER. MELBOURNE, Jan. 8. The steamer Innamincka, from Adelaide, I with a large number of passengers, struck a sunken rock at Rotten Point, and severely damaged her stern. A heavy inrush of water followed, but the pumps succeeded in keeping it in check till the vessel reached Melbourne. The coast was hidden in smoke. [Per Press Association.! AUCKLAND, Jan. 8. A telegram from Taupiri states that a body answering the description of the missing man Alexander Delley (Old Alec) has been found in the river.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6072, 8 January 1898, Page 5
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