LAUNCH DISASTER
THREE HUNDRED VICTIMS CHINESE VESSEL FOUNDERS. THE CAPTAIN ARRESTED. HI OAR LB — PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT
Received 11.10 a.m. to-day. SHANGHAI, Sept. * 20. Three hundred Chinese perished when a motor-boat plying between Tsingtao and Hungshihai sprang a leak and foundered. There were over four hundred Chinese aboard. An American warship rescued! one hundred. The Japanese captain of the launch was arrested lor negligen e, and the Chinese owner fled.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 21 September 1927, Page 7
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69LAUNCH DISASTER Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 21 September 1927, Page 7
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