STEAMERS IN COLLISION.
COLAC AND PAEORA COLLIDE IN SYDNEY HARBOUR.
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SYDNEY, AuguWt 28. -: &*- aii- early • Hour thia morning a collision "occurred between the steamer rC>placiand the collier;JPaeora at^the Heads The Colac wae eritering, and the colher was outward bound. - A huge hole was torn in. the Colac's port bow; ,but a bulkhead saved lier trom foundering. A fireman had a narrow escape of being crashed to death m his bunk. . • -, :.
Both,vessels.returned to port.' •.- The damage to the collier is known. ■ ~: . ■
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 31 August 1908, Page 5
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