Tientsin, Mar, 2.
small aeroplane belonging to the China National Aviation Corporation and piloted by Messrs. Kidder and Simons, distributed food to-day to the Ice-bound ships at Taku Bar. The machine dropped about 1,000 1b. of food to the vessels at each trip.
'A wireless message received late this afternoon cleared up the mystery surrounding eight of the 11. missing} ships.
While three of the vessels have not yet been located, it is definitely known that four ships have broken are now on their way to Dairen and that the remaining four are sate.
The lightship Hai Ming was among the latter yesterday, but disappeared during the night, and is believed to bbe drifting 30 miles from the entrance to the Bar—Reuler.
$10,000,000 Loss Tientsin, Mar, Total material loss sustained ly! the shipping concerns and other tireless as a result of the many steam-erg being marooned off the ice-bound Taku Bar since early January has been roughly estimated at over $10] million.
Meanwhile the situation at present remains practically unchanged. with signs of warmer weather. The various steamers still stuck in the Joe are once more facing an acute! shortage of drinking water, fuel and food supplies.—Central News,
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