Shanghai, May 3.
'A Japanese motor launch, a steel lighter and two native craft were sunk and the s. Gertrude Maersk slightly bumped when the s. Talis. man, a Norwegian vessel, got out of control in the Whangpoo River, near Hunt's Wharf, at 830 am. yesterday.
The Talisman was clearing away from the wharf with the assistance of two tow boats, preparatory to getting underway to leave Shanghai, when one of the tow ropes broke. The Talisman immediately_got out control, sinking the Japanese launch and the other craft and brushing against the Gertrude Maersk, which was lied up to Hunt's Wharf at the time.
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