The steamer Kincora, which traded between Waterford and Limerick, sunk after getting collided with White Star Line’s Oceanic in the Irish Channel. The tragic incident occurred on a foggy morning while the Kincora was traveling from Limerick to Liverpool. Both vessels faced damages, with the Oceanic having a hole of around four feet long in the plates on her port bow, two feet above the water line. Of the 21 people on board the Kincora, unfortunately, seven crew members drowned, while the rest were safely brought to Queenstown by the Oceanic.
Sheffield Evening Telegraph – Thursday 08 August 1901
