LEFT TO THEIR FATE
PASSENGERS ON STRANDED STEAMER POSSIBILITY OF FOUNDERING Reuter’s Talerrao. ■ BERING, July 24. There is great ipdigiiatiohTiii the British community and shipping circles over the unchivabous ; behaviour of the Chinese steamer Kiana: Shun tn leaving to her fate the British steamer Loong Wo, which is aground in the Yang-tse and in danger of slipping into deep water and foundering. - The Loong Wo signalled to the Kiang Shun for help rind asked her to take off her ..passengers, including women and Children. The Kiang Shun prepared to obey, hut the Chinese passengers, learning that the skipper, who M a foreigner, was going to the assistance pf a British ship, threatened violence to him . and the foreign passengers if they rendered help, and forced him to continue the voyage.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12200, 27 July 1925, Page 6
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