Run Down.

On another occasion, when on a voyage to Wellington, the ship was in collision in the English Channel. She left London with immigrants on October 11, 1890, and on the following day the collision occurred. She had her stem, jib-boom, and all head gear carried away and a large hole knocked in her bow.

"The pilot left us in the Downs at 3 a.m. on October 12th," said Captain Cowan, "and at 6.40 a.m., while the ship lay becalmed in a dense fog, a steamer crossed her bows and came in collision with her. The stem, jib-boom, and all head gear were carried away and large holes were knocked, in each bow. We were obliged to put back and the ship was towed to port by the tug which had never left her side. The steamer that ran us down proved to be the Adolf Dieppe, of 800 tons, belonging to Antwerp. She, too, suffered considerably, her bridge, funnel. and mainmast having been carried away and a large hole, partly under her waterline, knocked in her side. The fog was very dense the whole time and the whistles of various steamers could be heard on all sides. The Adolf Dieppe appeared to be coming at full speed, but ported her helm in the hopes of getting across the ship's bow. She was a very low boat, and the damage to her bridge, funnel and mainmast was done by the ship's jib-boom. the Wellington was towed back to London and placed in dry dock, where upon examination it was found that 24ft of the stem was smashed completely away, while a large number of plates on each bow had to be taken out and replaced, the work taking fourteen days.