ABANDONED SHIP.
THE DERELICT HAIPING.
CREW SAVED FROM PERIL
The steamer Haiping, which sent distress messages when caught in a storm off the Queensland coast a week aso. was abandoned. The master (Captain L,. f. Laloe) and his wife and the officers and crew, 30 persons in all, were safe on board the A.U.S.N. freighter Mildura, to which they were transhipped in a high gale and raging seas. One of the Haipmg's lifeboats was smashed during the rescue work. The Haiping was left a drifting derelict, and a warning was broadcast to all ships that she constituted a danger to navigation. t 'The Helping, which was formerly named the Craigend, was leaking badly, with the engineroom awash, .one boiler out of action, and a heavy lint to starboard when Captain -Laloe sent his distress signals on March 14. . : The MiMura j hurried to the spot and escorted the Haiping for many hours before the position of the damaged vessel became so perilous that it was decided to abandon her. "-•"• . ;' , It is generally assumed that the Haiping will sink quickly, but. a» she has been: left .drifting on a coastal shipping >oute, all other vessels have had to be warned of her presence.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 69, 23 March 1937, Page 8
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202ABANDONED SHIP. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 69, 23 March 1937, Page 8
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