JAPANESE FREIGHTER
ARRIVAL AT VANCOUVER
SEVERAL CASUALTIES ON BOARD
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Australian Press Association
(Received 29th October, 11.-25 a.m.) VANCOUVER, 27th October, J The freighter Choyo-Maru returned ‘to Victoria after fighting mountainous seas .. for a thousand miles en route from ... y.' Japan, with half her navigating gear swept away, a heavy list to starboard,.. and battered to the limit of her expert--;.; ence. .. '
One member of the crew is dead and five injured; The third mate was fatal--. ly hurt when a sixty foot wave struck _ v . the ship on i2oth October, aud he was., u only saved from a watery grave by Captain Murai risking his life. ’ v The bridge, wheelhouse, and five. lad-;... ders are gone. . ■
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 29 October 1928, Page 5
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