STEAMER IN DISTRESS
BEACHED BADLY LEAKING ADELAIDE. March 2! Leaking badly in all holds, the Japanese freighter Portland Maru, fully loaded with a cargo of wheat for the East, was beached half a mile from the shore on the short and treacherous stretch of shingle off Cape Torrens. She had been in danger of foundering after battling against heavy seas.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22065, 22 March 1935, Page 11
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