JAPANESE SISTER SHIPS
ONE GOING TO AID OF OTHER
PERTH, Bth February
Disastc'r has overtaken tho Japanese steamer Sfcansei Maru, which is stranded on. a reef thirten* miles from Point Coates, also to the sister vessel, Chufuka.Maru, which went to her assistance. The latter struck a reef twelve miles from tlie Shansei Maru, and is sinking. _ / Wireless messages reporting the ships' plight have been received by navigation authorities in Western Australia, but it is difficult to obtain details owing to the captain's. unfamiliar ity with tho English language. Tho masters of both vessels state that the crews are in no immediate danger. They arc awaiting instructions from the owners at Kobe.
A later message says that the Chufuku's crew has abandoned the, ship j and has been transferred to the Shansei Maru, which, is severly damaged and bumping on the reef. A tug from Fremantle is standing bjr. , i
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 33, 9 February 1931, Page 9
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149JAPANESE SISTER SHIPS Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 33, 9 February 1931, Page 9
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