STEAMER HITS REEF
Mishap at Apia APIA, Dec. 11. The steamer Sagres, which called here from Hongkong to take away ! time-expired coolie labour, went on to j a reef in the inside passage of the Western Harbour on Thursday at 10 p.m. when preparing to depart. She was pulled off* about 2 a.m. During the operations a wire hawser fouled the propeller and divers cleared the propeller to-day. The Sagres will depart to-morrow. An inquiry was held on Friday and Saturday. A coolie, Chen Cho, a mechanie employed by the Gold Star Transport Co., Ltd., who was one of the number to be returned to China, did not want to go back and disappeared in the bush before the arrival of the steamer. He returned to his home at midnight on Friday suffering from the effects of exposure and hunger. He collapsed and died shortly afterwards. A police inquest was held. The Sagres (195 tons) is a Portuguese steamer owned by Ferro and Co., Ltd. She was built at Paisley in 1921.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 69, 14 December 1937, Page 5
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