THE WHAKATANE IN COLLISION—FOG DISASTER IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 8, 25 August 1909, Page 22

THE WHAKATANE IN COLLISION— FOG DISASTER IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.

The Whakatane. a cargo steamer belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Company, left London on July 4, with a miscellaneous cargo and three passengers for New Zealand. A dense fog hung over the Channel, and about a mile off the ill-omened Cape of Duugeuess, she was run down by the French steamer Circe. The Whakatane was towed into Dover badly down at the stern and beached, but later was temporarily repaired with wood sheathing and towed to London. (Au amusing special article with reference to the taking of some of the above photos, will be found on page 15.) See “ News of the Dominion.”