JAPANESE SHIP SAFE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18678, 7 April 1924, Page 9

JAPANESE SHIP SAFE.

TUGS TAKE HER IN TOW. BRITISH CRUISERS' TASK. .COURAGEOUS BLUEJACKETS READY TO MAN THE BOATS. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. " (Received 8.45 p .m.) : A. and N.Z. . SYDNEY. April 6. The Japanese steamer Honolulu Mara, .which sent out distress signals on Friday morning while TO miles from the coast, off "the Bega BSver, is saf«. She is now being towed into Jervis Bay by the two tugs despatched from Sydney. A wireless message received late on Friday night, stated that mother of the cruisers of the British Special Service Squadron, the Dragon, had relieved the cruiser Dauntless, which hid gone to the rescue of the Japanese vessel. Since then the Dauntless has arrived in Sydney for docking purposes. When the message was received, the Honolulu. Mara was making very slow headway throng] 1 a heavy awl confused sea, and the Dragon was keeping within visibility. The Honolulu's list was no worse. ..Yesterday the Dragon was still standing by. According Ito an officer of the Dauntless, when she received the 15.0.5. call from the Honolulu Maru she rushed to the rescue at a rate of over 22 knots through a raging sea. The warship was awash continuously, even, the bridge, which is 60ft. above water, getting drenched. / The Dauntless shook so that most of her crockery was broken. When volunteers were called for to man the boats, should they be wanted to aid the Honolulu Maru, every available) man stepped out.. The latest reports state that a tug succeeded in getting a liras aboard the Japanese ship and took her in tow. The second tug made fast to the Honolulu Maru to-day. The Dragon has rejoined the squadron.