SHIPPING DISASTERS. ON THE JAPANESE COAST.
TWO LINERS ASHORE, ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY WARSHIPS. By Telegraph.— Press Aasoclflt.'on.-Copyflght, (Received July 28, 11.30 a.m.) TOKIO, 27th July. The steamer Empress of China, which left Vancouver on 12th July, is stranded on a rock at the southern point of the Awa Peninsula, while inward bound for Yokohama. The accident occurred near tho wreck of th© Great Northern steamer Dakoto, Vice-Admiral Saito sent the cruisers Aeo and Soya, to assist. They took otf the mails and baggage, and a hundred and eighty-five passengers. If the steamed is «aved ehe will take three months to repair. Th© Peninsular and Oriental line? Palermo also went ashore in the typhoon. She is reported to be undamaged, The Empress of China is a twin-screw steamer of 5947 tons, built in 1891 at Bariow, and belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, She- is fitted with electric light' and wirekes telegraphy, and at last advices waa commanded by Captain R. Archibald. The Palermo, a P. and O. liner, of 7597 tons burden, is a comparatively new vessel, having be^n built at Gladgow in 1903 by Barcla-y, Curie, and o. She k 4794 ft long, B7ft 2in beam, | and 32ft Sin draught.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19110728.2.59
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24, 28 July 1911, Page 7
Word Count
202SHIPPING DISASTERS. ON THE JAPANESE COAST. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24, 28 July 1911, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in