PERILS OF THE SEA.
JAPANESE VESSEL FOUNDERS. MANY LIVES LOST. BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. (Received Dee. 15, 1.45 p.m.) TOKIO, Dee. 14. . The special service vessel Kwanto grounded off Tsuruga during a blizzard aud was broken up by the heavy seas and sank. She carried a complement of. 150 sailors, whereof 56, including the captain, were taken off by a warship. It is believed that 40 landed or. th© coast. Eight bodies have been recovered, but the fate of the remainder is at present unknown. Two destroyers are standing by, but the rescue work is greatly hampered by the rough seas.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 December 1924, Page 9
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100PERILS OF THE SEA. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 December 1924, Page 9
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