SAN JUAN DISASTER.
FORTY-TWO SURVIVORS. ! SIXTY-EIGHT PEOPLE STILE MISSING. ■ l .ui Press Association —United Service.j Received 12.30 p.m. to-day. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30. Late on Friday 'it was definitely stated that 42 survivors of the San Juan- had been picked up. There -are 68 missing. VESSELS SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS. 'United Crest Association --By F.leet.ri-- T-lcerai-i ‘..-opyri^bt.i (Australian Press Association.) Received 1.30 p.m. to-day. SAN .FRANCISCO, Aug. 30. A wireless message from a rescuing ship stated that Captain Asplund wentdown -yvith the Sail Juan, Which was attempting to describe the wreck when the wireless- room was flooded. Two coastguard cutters are en route to the scene of the tragedy, while other vessels on the spot are searching for survivors, -but -it is feared that at least fifty have been lost.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 31 August 1929, Page 9
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129SAN JUAN DISASTER. Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 31 August 1929, Page 9
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