BATTERED BY GALE.
JAPANESE FREIGHTER. LIMPS INTO PORT.
THIRD MATE FATALLY INJURED. United Press Assn by El. Tel. Copyritchi (Australian Press Association.) VANCOUVER, Oct. 27. The freighter Choyo Maru returned to Victoria, after fighting mountainous seas for 1000 miles while en route to Japan, with half her navigating gear swept away, a heavy list to starboard, and battered to the limit of her experience. One member of the crew is dead and five injured. ; . ’ The third mate was fatally injured when a 60ft. wave struck the ship on Octotiar 20, and lie was only saved from a watery grave by Captain Murai risking his life. The bridge, wheelheu.se, and five ladders are gone.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10730, 30 October 1928, Page 6
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