The Archive · 1925

A SEA TRAGEDY Halifax, Apr: 25

The Dominion str. Arleux, which was despatched in search of the bodies of the crew of the Raifaka Baru, reports that she was not able to sight either the bodies or any of the wreckage. The search hag been discontinued, Note:—It was reported! on April 22 that the Captain of the Whit Star liner Homeric, which was route to New York, changed his course in response to an 8.0.8, from the Japanese freighter Rai fukui Maru, which was floundering in the heavy seas, with her life: Loots smashed, off the coast of Nova Scotia. The Homeric steamed at full speed the intervening 78 miles, but came too late to rescue any of the 48 of the crew of the Raifuka Maru, whose survival w hopeless in the mountainous seas.—Reuter's American Servic

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