AN EXCITING INCIDENT.
:."-.' "'. , A r collision occurred '"between the /steamer Leura, carrying bVerrdOOpas- ' sengevs—which was making an excursion'rbund the fleet—and the American collier Ajak, outward bound, i The collier cut deep into thje Leura's. starboard, quarter, making .* hole 70. feot square; extending i'r'omiae deck: to' below the wat«rline. The vessels Jiung ■"'- together-until the passengers claniboured aboard the Ajax/x>r w^ere;trans-;, ferred to a tug % men.fToni the battleship Connectic-utj whb fame to* their;assistance. ■^^}.:;.;i:.:: l .■•;..•
;.,„,.;. The Leura's bulkliead^r^nifiined .inr VBiss§k aiid;-.prevented her^frcmi vsinkiriiz," and she ret«med,jt^,EQrtM:n^B : ■<■.< bow, ;vraßir badly plates were wrenched out ofipositioD. She will have to be docked. i* :.,. . There was a momentary paiiic among the Leura's passengers, and 'ope or two women fainted. .:
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 7 September 1908, Page 5
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114AN EXCITING INCIDENT. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 7 September 1908, Page 5
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