STEAMER SINKING.
CAUGHT IN A TERRIFIC CYCLONE. six ' hundred miles off QUEENSLAND COAST. " ' MOTOR SHIP RACING TO SCENE. (Received Monday, 8.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 13. The Japanese tramp steamer, Kinsen Maru, caught in a cyclone is reported to be sinking 590 miles east of Townsville. There is fifteen feet of water in the engine room. A Anal SOS. described their plight as very dangerous, the message stating “come quickly to our rescue.” Several vessels received the distress signals, the nearest being the Norwegian motor ship Talleyrand, which is 280 miles away. She is racing with all speed to the scene but does not expect to reach the Kinsen Maru until noon to-morrow. A terrific cyclone has been operating for a week off the Queensland Coast.
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Wairarapa Age, 14 March 1933, Page 5
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125STEAMER SINKING. Wairarapa Age, 14 March 1933, Page 5
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