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BRITISH TANKER LOST DISASTROUS EXPLOSION Pres Association—By Telepraph-—Copyright TOKIO, February 17. (Received February 18, at 1.18 a-m.) Following an explosion aboard the British tanker Chuky, the vessel sank off the Boshu Peninsula. Captain Hernes and fourteen others were drowned. Twonty-fivo survivors clung to the wreck from Wednesday night until Friday morning, and were rescued in an exhausted condition by Japanese fishermen. Thp Chuky was on route to Tokio with a cargo of 72,000 cases of kerosene.—A. and N.Z. and ‘ Sun' Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19794, 18 February 1928, Page 11
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83FIFTEEN DROWNED Evening Star, Issue 19794, 18 February 1928, Page 11
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