SMALL SHIP SINKING.
ASSISTANCE BEING SENT. VESSEL NEAR SAN FRANCISCO, [BY TEiEGBAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The Acting-Secretary of the Post Office has been advised by the superintendent of radio, Wellington, as follows:—A message from Apia radio at 6.55 p.m., Apia time, states: "S.S. Kadiak, call KFSC, sending S.O.S. Position 10 miles west of Point Eeves. San Francisco is dealing with the ship and understand s.s. Charlie Watson, call KDLA, two miles south of Point Reyes, going to her assistance. S.s. Kadiak sinking slowly; may last a few more hours."
The Kadiak is a wooden steamer of 114 tons, and was built in California :ia 1896. She is owned by the Alaska Packers' Association of San Francisco. Point Reyes is about 40 miles from San Francisco.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20244, 2 May 1929, Page 12
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