NIAGARA COLLISION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 168, 20 July 1935, Page 9

NIAGARA COLLISION

PASSENGERS REMAIN CALM. VICTORIA (8.C.), July 18. Showing less damage than was feared, the Niagara tied up at the pier with 40 feet of railing of the port bow on the C deck and 10 feet of superstructure of B deck shorn away, also three plates buckled above the water lino. The Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) said the passengers took the collision philosophically after the first bit of excitement. No one was injured. The crash occurred at S.lO p.m. as many of the passengers were sitting down to motion pictures. The pictures were resumed an hour later and a dance took place while the liner made back to port through the fog. It is believed that her sailing will be delayed for a week. , The Niagara is a well-known liner of the Canadian-Australasian Royal Mai! Line. She is a triple-screw steamer of 13,415 tons gross register and is commanded by Captain T. V. Hill. The King Egbert is a motor-ship of 4535 tons gross register, built at Belfast in 1928, and owned by the King Line, Limited, of London. SAILING BY MARIPOSA MR LYONS FOR SAN FRANCISCO Receive J July 19. 5.5 p.m. VICTORIA (8.C.), July 18. As it will require ten days to repair the Niagara, Mr Lyons will take a steamer to Seattle to-day, and thorite proceed to San Francisco by railway ami connect with the Mariposa sailing on Tuesday. TWENTY PASSENGERS VIA UNITED STATES PORT Received .Inly 19, 11.5 p.m. VICTORIA (8.C.), July 18. Twenty of the Niagara’s passengers have signified their intention of returning to Australia via San Francisco.