Tokio, July 18, The str. Port Maria, chartered by the Russian Volunteer Fleet, ran on a rock in a dense fog on her way from Vladivostok. She reached Tsaruga in a sinking condition yesterday. Passengers and cargo are safe.—Our Own Correspondent.
'The Port Marin is a steel, screw steamer, built at Leith in 1901 by Ramage and Ferguson, Ld., and is owned by the Imperial Direct West India Mail Service, of which Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Ca. are the managers. She is of 2,910 tons' gross and 1,449 tons' net register and her dimensions are: length, 334.7 feet breadth, 402 feet; and depth 17.6 feet. During the past twelve months she has been chartered by the Russian Volunteer Fleet Mail Service to carry the Siberian mail between Vladivostok, Nagasaki and Shanghai.—Ev.
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