Mr. Funahei Segawa, local manager of the steamship line, today said that the seas were too heavy on Tuesday to send the ship to the rescue, but the s, Karafuto Maru sailed from Wakkanai at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, reaching the scene of the disaster at 730 o'clock yesterday morning.
High seas seriously hampered rescue operations. Assisting the s. Karafuto Maru were the 25-ton Sanyo Maru and the 20-ton Sosui Maru.
The rescue work was called off at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, when no more survivors were found on board. The s, Karafuto Maru arrived here at 430 o'clock yesterday afternoon with 340 men, 33 women and 23 children aboard.
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