BIG STEAMER STRANDED.
GREAT SUM AT' STAKE. : ' THE STAR OF JAPAN,. ON THE WEST ; AFRICAN COAST. BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT . t / (Rcc. April 9, 10.37 p.m.) '. , 1 London, April. 9. . . The 'steamer ■ of Japan; en/route, to.i Australia aiid New' Zealand ports, is. reported to' be . badly stranded -' on .a* reef 'at St. Cyprian's Bay. The crew are safe. Eighty guineas: lias boen paid-to'-reinsure' the steamer. -It is estimated that a quarter of a million is at' stake. ' ;■' (Rcc. April .9, 11.17 p.m.) ~'j' ' ' / Sydney,' April 9.Tho Star of Japan was bringing a heavy cargo to; Australian and Now Zealand ports. Advices received by the ! .Uiide!^vrit^p' 1 ;'cia I tfiti,'state that tiio 'sceno of' the disast^ - ,' is Dakar, Capo,;Do .Verde. - .. . . .-- ! The steel screw steamer Star of Japan, G23G .tons gross, 100'. Al' at. Lloyd's, was . built in 190G at: Belfast by Messrs. Worjtman, pCiaric, •dud Co., and is owned by the Star Line, Ltd. (J. , P. Corr.v and Co., managers). Dimensions':—Length,, 440.3 ft.; beam, [ 55.3 ft.; dejith, ,30.3 ft. Dakar is.a seaport of Trench West' Africa, . Sariegambia. . It. is sftid to have h magnificent .harbour opposite Goree Island, which' is sheltered, by Cape Verde. / '.'■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 169, 10 April 1908, Page 7
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193BIG STEAMER STRANDED. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 169, 10 April 1908, Page 7
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