Str, Pitochien in Bad Spot on Upper Yangtze which was wrecked in the Kunglingtan Rapids on the upper Yangtze River last week, may prove to be total loss.
At the present time the vessel, which is ell. known to Yangtze travelers, is almost entirely sab-merged, the report received here states, only her funnel and masts being visible, despite the general low water condition that prevails elsewhere." This latter factor also is said to make it impossible for local salvage craft, which are of deeper draught than the regular _river Vsteamers, to reach the scene of the accident.
'The Pitochien, which is owned by Captain W. G. Pitcairn of the Hsiang Chi Company at Ichang, one of the best known shipping men on. the Epper river, was proceeding from Khang to Chungking when she was Host in the Kunglingtan Rapids, long'
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