COLLISION AT SEA.
« AN OVERDUE VESSEL. Itnited Press Association — By Eleotrio Holograph — Copyright. (Received January 15, 10.21 a.m.) ADELAIDE, January 15. The barque Zanita, which has arrived, reports that early on Christmas morning she collided with the barque Coimbatore, 200 miles west of Cape Leeuwin. It is believed the Coimbatore sank. When the Zanita drifted clear she sighted what appeared to be a boat with two men clinging to it, and a second going to the rescue of the first. The Zanita hove to and cruised about for the remainder of the night and next day, but saw no da-aces of the Coimbatore, which, was coal-laden from Newcastle to Port Elizabeth. "While locked together one of the Coimbatore's crew jumped aboard the' Zanita. The latter had her bowsprit and some gear carried away, SYDNEY, January 15. Fears are entertained for' the safety of the steamer Scot, overdue at Ocean Island, from Japan.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8522, 15 January 1906, Page 3
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152COLLISION AT SEA. Star (Christchurch), Issue 8522, 15 January 1906, Page 3
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