INDIAN STEAMER SINKS.
BAY OF BENGAL TRAGEDY.
TWENTY-SIX LIVES LOST.
TRAPPED IN ENGINE-ROOM.
1 SURVIVORS SWIM TO BOATS
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received June 18, 12.35 a.m.) A. and N Z, CALCUTTA. July 17. Twenty-six lives, including those of six Europeans, were lost through the sinking of the steamer Shaszada, 2246 tons, belonging to the Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. The Europeans who were drowned were trapped with the engine-room staff. The steamer sank in a storm in the Bay of Bengal. She had left Calcutta for Akyab with a cargo of coal. There were 71 persons on board, of whom 13 were Europeans. The steamer foundered in a few minutes. The lifeboats floated clear as she sank. The survivors, including the captain, swam to the lifeboats and rowed in them to the Matlai lighthouse.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19691, 18 July 1927, Page 9
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