Chungking, Sept. 27.
Hitting a submerged rock in the Yangtze Gorges, the Jardine, Matheson steamer Kiawo went fast aground today, and the British gunboat Gannet is rushing to her aid.
"Badly ashore Kuangyintan requires assistance," said a radio message received here. H.M.S. Gannet was leaving Chungking at noon after taking on salvage g She will carry a representative of the Asiatic Petroleum Ca, who are consignees of the cargo, to the scene of the wreck. it is reported that the vessel was holed, and succeeded in getting wire ropes ashore at the foot of Kuangyintan, or "Goddess of Mercy" rapid, but. the violence of the water's current prevents boats from getting alongside, The Kiawo got into trouble at mile 259, which, according to those who know the river, is a "bad place." She was on her way up to Chungking at the time of the mishap.
The Kiawo "was built in 1925 at Yarrow, and was shipped piecemeal to Shanghai.
There, she was assembled with a registered tonnage of 694—Reuter,
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