Although the s. Liesel was unable go to the assistance of the hapless people on board the Hsis Ta. Kott Maru, having quite a struggle herself to keep afloat, it is possible that some survivors of the disaster were picked up by a Japanese launch and two river junks which were in the vicine ity. Later, as they neared Shanghai, passengers on the Liesel sawn Jardine vessel hurrying to the scene the shipwreck.
The stricken vessel sent out S.0S. over her radio transmitter, but the catastrophe was so sudden that all pleas for assistance were in vain, When the vessel overturned the master of the Liesel sent a distress message to the Harbour Master at Shanghai and a rescue vessel, believed to be the Customs Cutter Hai Kwang, was. dispatched to the scene of the disaster.
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