LATER PARTICULARS.
A. TERRIBLE SCENE
Received January 5, 5.3 p.m
SYDNEY, January 5
The Dunmore was moving from the north side of the harbour to load for Woolloomoollco at the time of the colli.siori. There -was a slight haze overhanging the water.
Tho disaster was witnessed by the bluejackets on the neighbouring war.ships and Garden Island. <
The scene is described as terrible, the men shouting and struggling for hoi p.
Jt is feared that a number of men ■ivtn* injured by the &teamef"s propeller;
Divers frcm Garden Island quickly •got to work and located the sunken They recovered tbe bodies of Evans, Hornsby, Bristowe, Outten, D*mi, Cunningham, and Gregory.
A great crowd gathered in the Dcsnain watching tho operation.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 6 January 1909, Page 5
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119LATER PARTICULARS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 6 January 1909, Page 5
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