WRECK OF THE HOCHST
LONG FIGHT TO SAVE SHIP PROVES FUTILE STRANDED GERMAN STEAMER lustralian and N.Z. Press Association lecd. 9.35 a.m. COLOMBO, Sunday. , Hopes of saving the stranded jerman steamer Hochst are steadily liminishing Depressing reports lave been received from the steamers lercules and Olivia. After a strenu>us week’s fight, day and night, the is rushin g through holes in the ihip s sides. The crew is completely exhausted and cannot hold on to the jumps much longer. There Is a dan>er of the vessel breaking up, as he weather is rough, and she has leen pushed further on the rocks. Attempts to tow her off failed. The mwsers parted.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 781, 30 September 1929, Page 9
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