CHINESE STOWAWAYS.
CAPTAIN HEAVILY FINED.
THREE WEEKS IN GAOL. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright (Rec. Fobruary 27, 9.15 p.m.)! Fremantle, February 27. The captain of the steamer Charon has been fined .£7OO. in colineotion With the discovery of seven Chineso stowaways aboard. The evidence showed that they existed for three weeks in cavities scooped , out of the coal, and were unable to stand . up, The Chinese members jf the crew lowered food and water to them. It was disclosed that a relative of, one of . the stowaways, while previously attempting to reach Australia hidden in coal, was, suffocated when tlio steamer .was fumigated.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1686, 28 February 1913, Page 5
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101CHINESE STOWAWAYS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1686, 28 February 1913, Page 5
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