A VESSEL OVERTURNS
WRECK AT THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. GREAT PRIVATIONS SUFFERED. By Electric Telegraph.-^Copyright. SYDNEY, August 24. Advices from the Caroline Islands state that the American mission vessel Hiram Bingham capsized during a squall at Jaluit Island, in the Marshall group. . The passengers and crew, numbering about twenty, escaped in the boats. They drifted for many days and .endured great privations, eventually reaching Khan Island, in the Marshall group, in a shocking condition. The Rev. Mr. Walkup, the wellknown missionary, succumbed a few hours after landing. The others are recovering.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13992, 25 August 1909, Page 3
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90A VESSEL OVERTURNS Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13992, 25 August 1909, Page 3
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