STEAMER ABANDONED
Sinking in Heavy Seas. Press Association—Copyright. Brisbane, March 15. The Chinese steamer Haiping, Teakihg badly, was abandoned in heavy Seas 122 miles- north of Brisbane today. Captain Lalie,, his American ivife,, and the crew were transferred to the freighter Mildura, which will reach Brisbane to-morrow Tlie captain of the Mildura sent a wireless message that the Haiping Was very low in the water and was rapidly sinking. The Haiping was the former Patrick Company steamer Craigend; which was recently bought by Chinese buyers and renamed. Before that she was the island steamer Marsina. The Haiping encountered heavy weather en route to her new owners. 1 in China, and wirelessed that she Was leaking badly and had a heavy list 300 miles north of Brisbane. The vessel asked for assistance and the Navigation Department wirelessed the Mil-
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 384, 16 March 1937, Page 6
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138STEAMER ABANDONED Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 384, 16 March 1937, Page 6
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