24 AUGUST 1912, Page 3

Thursday's papers contained narratives furnished by the captain and passengers

of the Allan liner Corsican,' which struck an iceberg in the neighbourhood of Belle Isle on August 12th. The vessel was going dead slow in foggy weather at the time of the collision, but, even so, the upper part of the bow was smashed in from the deck down to within ten feet of the water-line, the thick steel plates were broken and twisted in all directions, while tons of ice fell on to the deck. There was no panic, the watertight doors being closed at once and the boats swung out. Fortunately they were not needed, as the chances of being picked up in a bank of fog which it took the Corsican' two days to clear would have been poor indeed.