YONGALA, GRANTALA COLLISION.

The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 1 July, 1910.

STEAMERS BUMP

GRANTALA AND YONGALA.

The Adelaide Company steamers Grantala and 

Yongala, which arrived yesterday morning, the former from

Melbourne and the latter from Brisbane, came into mild

collision at the Grafton Wharf. The Yongala, which

was already berthed, was struck on the stern by the

bows of the Grantala, which Captain Sims was bringing

in. The miship was due to a sudden intensity of the

strong wind that was blowing. The rail of the Yongala 

was broken, but there was little else noticeable.

The damage could be covered by the expenditure of a

few pounds.

This was not an uncommon occurrence and such incidents were generally regarded as insignificant in terms of structural damage. So far we have reports of the Yongala striking the wharf (significant damage); a whale (quivered throughout her length) and this incident. It does make one wonder the extent of latent structural damage incurred and the long term consequences when such steamers were subjected to undue forces of storms at sea?