ON THE ROCKS.
SAILING SHIP STRIKES. TOTAL LOSS ANTICIPATED. LARGE CREW ON BOARD. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian Press Assn. —United Service.! (Received May 24, 10.15 a.m.) NEW YORK, May 23. A message from Seattle states that the Alaska Packers’ Association's sailing ship Star of Falkland,, with a crew of 40 whites and 2bo Chinese cannery workers, on route to the Behring Sea fishing grounds, is ashore on the rocks at Akunhead, Behring Sea, and is reported to be pounding hard. , , , It is feared she will become a total wreck. The fate of the ship’s complement is so far not known.
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17410, 24 May 1928, Page 5
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101ON THE ROCKS. Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17410, 24 May 1928, Page 5
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