TERRIBLE DISASTER.
CHINESE STEAMER SINKS,
FOUR HUNDRED DROWNED.
(United Service.) HONG KONG. Jan. 16. A terrible shipping disaster occurred this morning. The China Merchants’ Company steamer Hsinwali, bound from Shanghai to Hong Kong, grounded on Waglan Island in the early hours. Captain Jensen, a Dane, managed to get off the rocks by going astern, but an hour after the vessel sank in deep water, carrying down 300 passengers and 100 of the crew. One lifeboat was launched immediately, but it capsized in the heavy seas. Twenty only were picked up by Chinese fishermen. It is believed that there were three other foreign officers, but only one was saved. Manv women and children were lost. It is also believed that many of the passengers were disbanded Chinese soldiers. It is thought that heavy seas were responsible for the vessel being driven on the rocks. The Hsinwah was of 2000 tons, and was seven years old. She sank with the utmost suddenness.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 41, 17 January 1929, Page 7
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