BIG LOSS OF LIFE
TYPHON IN EAST
STEAMER FOUNDERS
HEROISM OF OFFICER
(United Press Association.—Copyright.).
(Received 2nd June, 2 p.m.)
MANILA, Ist June. Over a hundred persons are believed to have been drowned in the foundering of the inter-island steamer Negros in a typhoon on 2Sth May, 150 miles south of Manila. The victims included the captain, six of the crew, the chief engineer, and about a hundred passengers. The Negros, a 280-ton craft, left the island of Romblon on 26th May with 150 passengers and a large cargo.' All hands battled with the typhoon and terrific seas for two days. The. extraordinary heroism of one officer on the first day of the storm is credited with saving the lives of 50 passengers and some of the crew. He succeeded in loading these aboard a lifeboat, after which they spent 20 hours without food and drink, terribly buffeted in a wild" sea. They succeeded in landing in the Tayadas Province on 29th May. To other steamers are overdue.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 127, 2 June 1927, Page 10
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