Tug Master and Crew Have Narrow Escape In the grey morning on Friday, the tug' St, Aubin, badly holed. in' the mid-section, sank in 30 ft. of water opposite the Yangtszepoo Dock, as a Fegult of a collision in which she and the China Merchants s. Kiang Shun were Involved. The St, Aubin went own within s few seconds, without Joss of life, though Capt, C.'A. Rous fell and three men only left her when the decks were awash, The Kiang Shun suffered severely above the waterline, several bow. plates: being badly buckled. She is now at the Kinleeyuen Wharf, undergoing repairs.
Owing to the position of the St Aubin in the channel of the turning basin between Buoys 10 and 11, with only. her masts and funnel exposed fat high water, the Customs authorities have had to shift Buoy 10, in order to allow Empress and other: ships, due during the week-end, to Swing with 'a minimum of hazard.
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