Steamer Founders.
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ON her voyage from Sydney to Europe via Rabaul and other Islands’ ports which began on March 11, the Wil helmsen motorship “Talleyrand” picked up an SOS call from the Japanese cargo steamer “Kinsen Maru.”
This vessel reported herself as being in a sinking condition in the Coral Sea, following a cyclone. At full speed the “Talleyrand” raced for the position given by the sinking vessel; but, on reaching it could find no trace of ship or sur vivors and was still searching when this issue went to press.
The master of another Japanese steamer “Hide Maru,” wirelessed that he had rescued a boat from the “Kinsen Maru” with thirteen castaways on March 16. All vessels in the vicinity have been asked to keep a close look out for the missing lifeboat. The “Triona,” “Wel combe” and “Nauru Chief” cruised in the vicinity on March 16, and the “Ma taram,” “Ashby” and “Fernmoor searched the area in passing.