DISASTER AT SEA
SINKING OF CHINESE STEAMER 400 LIVES LOST EUROPEAN OFFICERS ON VESSEL (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Service.) (Rec. January 16, 11.20 p.m.) Hong-Kong, January 16. A terrible shipping disaster occurred this morning, when the China Merchants’ steamer Hsinwah, from Shanghai, for Hong-Kong, grounded on Waglan Island in the early hours. Captain Jensen, a Dane, managed to get off the rocks by going astern, but an hour after the vessel sank in deep water, carrying down three hundred passengers and a hundred of the crew. One lifeboat was launched immediately, but it capsized in the heavy seas. Twenty only were picked up by Chinese fishermen. It is believed that there were three other foreign officers, but only one was saved. Many women and children were lost. It is also believed that many of the passengers were disbanded Chinese soldiers.
Heavy seas are believed to have been the reason why the vessel was driven on the rocks. The Hsinwah was of 2000 tons, and was seven years old. She sank with the utmost suddenness, giving no chance for those aboard.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 96, 17 January 1929, Page 9
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