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| Picture No | 10120883 |
| Date | December 1906 |
| Description | Orinoco collides with Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse |
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In the roadstead of Cherbourg, the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company passenger ship Orinoco in collision with North German Lloyd's Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off Cherbourg, France. Three crewmen were killed, several more people injured. Excessive speed on the part of the German ship was ruled as the cause of the accident.
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| Source | Unnamed artist in Le Petit Parisien 9 December 1906 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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