All parties concerned being very reticent about this matter, we have not been able to obtain vers much information about the collision. The affair seems to have occurred in the early part of Tuesday afternoon as both ships were coming in. The bows of the Peleus came in contact with the Crefeld amidships and both ships sustained very serious damage. The stem of the Peleus was badly twisted to the starboard side and several plates on the starboard side, both above and below the water line, were badly buckled. The Crefeld was' struck right in the sick bly on the starboard side, and had several plates stove in, Having no cargo on board, the Crefeld was able to go into dock yesterday. She is docked at the Cosmopolitan Dock. The Peleus is lying alongside the Associated Wharves discharging cargo, after which she will go into dock. It is thought that her repairs will take at least three weeks, The Peleus (Capt, Asquith) is ous of the latest additions to the Blue Funnel feet and this was her maiden voyage. She was built in the early part of this year by Messrs Workman, Clark and Ca., of Belfast, Her measurements are: 454.7 feet; breadth, 45.1 feet 2.33 feet, and, her net tonnage is 4,800." The Crefeld is a German steamer of 2,444 tons' net mensurement, and has been employed during the last Civelve months as a transport for the German troops in China, When the col-Kinochou with some 600 Germuu troops on lision occurred she was just arriving from
board, and it will be seen how easily the accident might lave been very serious.
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