STEAMER AGROUND.
BLOWN OFF HER COURSE. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. MANILA, Jan. 16. Wireless advices received at Manila state that a Japanese steamer, the ■Kohwa Maru (5879 tons), en route from Manila to Geraldton, Western Australia, was forced off her course by a heavy gale and went aground on a small Island north of Borneo. It is feared . that the crew of 39 officers and men will have to abandon the ship, hut. it is believed that, an unnamed vessel is standing by to aid them.
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Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18537, 18 January 1932, Page 7
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87STEAMER AGROUND. Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18537, 18 January 1932, Page 7
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