EPICS OF THE SEA.
THE CIGALE SURVIVORS.
A JAPANESE TRAGEDY. (Presi Association —Copyright.) CAPETOWN, Dec. 14.—The survivors of the Cigale have reached .Mauritius. A priest on the doomed vessel pronounced the Benediction. Tho women were marvellously heroic, and knelt with rosaries in their hands.
The raft was surrounded by sharks. A tin of sardines was the only food the survivors had for three days.
WRECKED DURING BLIZZARD.
TOKIO, Dee. 14. —A special service vessel, the Kwanto, grounded off Tsuraga during a blizzard and was broken up by .heavy seas and sank. Tho vessel carried a complement of 150, of whom 56, including the captain, were taken off by a warship. It is believed that 40 landed on the coast.
Eight bodies have been recovered. Two destroyers are standing by, but rescue work is greatly hampered by rough seas.—(Reuter.)
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Wairarapa Age, 16 December 1924, Page 5
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