MOTOR-BOAT SUNK
Struck Reef At Pago Pago
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright APIA, January 11.
The motor-boat, Tutuila, of Pago Pago, returning from Apia with 27 passengers and 25 tons of cocoa, struck a reef entering the Pago harbour early yesterday morning. The boat was a total loss. Two Samoan boys, each three years of age, were drowned. A small portion of cocoa and luggage was recovered from the vessel .which was of 46 tons. The cargo was insured.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21553, 16 January 1940, Page 9
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79MOTOR-BOAT SUNK Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21553, 16 January 1940, Page 9
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