THE WRECK OF THE CHINA.
TOTAL LOSS EXPECTED. ; United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph** Copyright. LONDON, March 25. The China is expected to become'a total loss. The passengers, numbering 493, were landed safely at Pepim, together with their baggage. The vessel’s bottom is pierced forward, and Lloyd’s agent reports "that the •Tesselis full of water.
Received March. 26,9.50 ajb.
SYDNEY, Mora 26.
The China has 498 bales of wodl and abont*iJl2,ooo worth of specie. Thecargois valued at .£120,000.
[Per Press Association.! WELLINGTON, March 27.
The China, wrecked near Perim, had the following passengers booked from here:— Mr and Mrs Wall (Wellington), Mrs Moss (French Pass), Miss Lucena (Wellington), and Mr Nervanas (late organist of Nelson Cathedral).
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11539, 28 March 1898, Page 5
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