FEAR FOR CREW.
JAPANESE STEAMER WRECKED. (« CABLJB—PBE6B • ASSOCIATION—COPIBIGHT.) •(raoraa's txlcqsuis.) 'i.. TOKYO/:April 30. The steamer ;Chichibu -Mtiru, of' 1540 ;tons,'..which; went aground- off .Horo? m.ushirp/-,in . the' Kuriles, during a storm,. carried a crew of- 26 and 233 fishermen passengers : en route to Kamchatka fisheries; i A destroyer is proceeding to the scene,'but the latest dispatch-.expresses the fear that the'steamer has sunk with all hands, -as no nwre has been heard from her, though 'she was equipped with wireless.
SURVIVORS PICKED UP. (Received May - 2nd, 5.5 p.m.) TOKYO, May 1. . A wireless report-' stufes that a steanjer has picked. up.. 99 of those aboard the Chichibu Maru, who reached land, but 150 are still missing. • It appears that the crew'attempted to escape in the lifeboats, when the vessel struck ground, and broke her back, but the storm drove them seaward.The. search for. the missing continues.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18681, 3 May 1926, Page 12
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144FEAR FOR CREW. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18681, 3 May 1926, Page 12
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