The Archive · 1929

The Shinyo Maru Aground

Salvage Vessel Necessary to Free Liner from Tangkow Flats anxiety wax felt on Fel wirelessed to the local office powerful tug immediately to the Tungkow Flats" The message was received at 9.0 a.m. and it was Known that dense' fog was. present in the river and the Yangtze estuary. ft her berth at the N.Y. Re Wharf just afte 8 o'clock the morning for San Francisco ports and owing to the fox at-ped to anchor near Black Point, wouched the mud and was unable to get elf although the vessel endeavoured for a while in the dense fog to extricate herself from the serious position in which she lay. This was found to be an impossi-wirelessed for The Shanghai Tug voe's salvage vessel "St. the scone and with the lifting fog was soon able to put the vessel on hier way, No damage to the ship kingsing Also Aground The dense fog which has encompassed the approach to the port of anghai at periods during the past has caused much incon incoming and outgoing of whom have been The Moller ste, Kingsing, some 1,600 tons, charter lan Mining Adi firmly aground near were called ich Tasted two days was encountered bat tually the ter Cos her and ud she is at present diss When thus

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