ALASKAN SHIP ASHORE
320 PEOPLE ABOARD. THE FATE UNKNOWN. [United Press Assn.—By CableCopyright.] [Australian Press Assn —United Service.) (Received 24, 9.50 a.®.) New York, .vlay 23. A message from Seattle states that the Alaska Packers’ Association sailing ship Star of B’alcland, with a crew of 40 white men and 280 Chinese cannery workers, en route to the Behring Sea fishing grounds, is ashore on the rocks at Akun Head, Behring Sea, and is reported to be pounding hard. It is feared she will be a total loss. The fate of the ship's complement is undetermined.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 137, 24 May 1928, Page 5
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