LOST IN TYPHOON
SHIP AND ALL HANDS. FIFTY ABOARD. (United Pitws Association—By Electric Telegraph—OopyrigM). SHANGHAI, August 16. Caught in one of the most severe typhoons known on the China coast, the Indo-China steamer Kwongsang, 2,200 tons, believed to have been lost with all hands. The vessel left Shanghai for Swaton a week ago, and was last seen steaming for an anchorage behind Taicliow Island, 250 miles south of Shanghai. There have been no commumentions since, despite searches by two steamers and the British warship, Bridgewater. Taicliow Island is known to have been the centrg of a typhoon on Monday. Captain C. I. A. Hendry was making his first trip as master. Fifty persons were aboard, seven being foreigners. There was nearly three thousand tons of cargo, including twelve race ponies, bound for Hong Kong.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1931, Page 5
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134LOST IN TYPHOON Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1931, Page 5
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