STEAMER AGROUND.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 3 May 1926, Page 7

STEAMER AGROUND.

JAPANESE VESSEL LOST. o’r Cable—Frias Association—CopyrißSt Australian and N.Z Cable Association. TOKIO. April 30. Tim steamer Chiehibu Alfri was carrying a crew of 2G and 233* lishernien passengers on route to tlm .Kanieliatkii fisheries when sin- .struck tlic locks. The fate of those aboard is sti'il unknown. A destroyer is proceeding to the scene. A despatch from Hakodate expresses fear that the .steamer Chichibu Ham sank with all hands, as no more lias been heard from her though she was equipped with wireless

HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE FEARED. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY HISSING. Br Cable—Frees Association—Covyvighl. Australian and N.Z. Cable AssociaM. (Received Hay 2, 5.5 p.m.) TOKIO, Hay I. A wireless reports that a steamer picked u]i ninety-three of those aboard the Chickibu Ham,, who reached land, but 150 are .still missing. It appears that the crew attempted to escape in the lifeboats when ' the vessel struck ground and broke her back, but the storm drove them sinward. The search lor the missing continues. °