COLLISION AT SEA.
NO SIGNS OF PANIC ON OTRANTO. PASSENGER® DINING. LONDON, August 12. The Otranto’s passengers were dining when the collision occurred with the Kitano Maru in the North Sea, and the contents of the tables were thrown everywhere. On the second impact shortly afterwards, many rushed on the decks and donned lifebelts. Though the extent of the damage was unknown, there was no panic. The women were particularly calm. The Otranto’s bows suffered the worst. The vessel was stationary for half an hour while the damage was ascertained. Thereafter she returned slowly to anchorage. Special trains took the passengers to the Midlands and London. A seaman aboard the Kitano Maru, asleep in his bunk, sustained a fractured leg and tspine.—-.(Australian Press Association.)
DOCTORS NOT REQUIRED. LONDON, August 12. Grimsby tugs went out to assist the Otranto, which came into port, with the light fully burning and without a list. Doctors were hot required.—(Australian Press Association.—United Service.)
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Wairarapa Age, 14 August 1928, Page 5
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