As the result of a collision which took place in the river, near the Arsenal, the str. Kifume Maru belonging to the Mitsui Bussan Faisha sank.on Wednesday afternoon in about 20-ft, of water.
It appears that the Kifune Maru, Capt. Minyabara, which arrived in port on Wednesday afternoon from Japan with between 2,000 and 3,000 tons of Japanese coal on board consigned to Furukawa & Ca., proceeded up river to berth alongside the Chang Kah Pang Wharf, on the Pootung side of the river, but in order to do so had to go beyond that point to the deeper water off the Han Yeh Ping Co.'s wharf to swing round and come down to her berth. In doing this she apparently swung on the current and her stern is reported to have come into contact with the bow of the str. Gweneth. The Kifune Maru received such juries to her side that she immediately began to settle in the water and very shortly reached the bottom of the river in front of the Han Yeh Ping Wharf in a sufficient depth to cover her hatches. Nobody was injured and no lives lost.
The Gweneth, which is reported to have had ber bow twisted' and a hole stove in it, did not sink though her injuries were sufficient 4 to necessitate her removal to the International Dock and it is anticipated that the repairs to be affected will take at least a week. She is a steamer built for the Haichow 8.8. Ca. by the Nicholas Tsu Shipbuilding Works and was launched on March 3.
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