STEAMER IN DISTRESS.
POUNDING. HARD ON ROCKS
(Australian Press Association.—l nited •‘f-i'i * Sajvjce.) Received May 24. 9.50 a.m. ' NEW YORK, May 23.
A message from'Seattle states that the Alaska Packers’ Association sailing ship Star of Falkland, which has a crew of . 40 white men and 280 Chinese cannery workers, is ashore on rocks in the'Behring Sea and is reported to be pounding hard. » It is feared that the Star of Falkland, which is en route to the Behring Sea fishing grounds, will be lost. The fate of the ship’s complement has not yet been determined.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 149, 24 May 1928, Page 7
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95STEAMER IN DISTRESS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 149, 24 May 1928, Page 7
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