Show bilks 41 41 W 11 le c k vc d J save forty five sailors from drowning droning or death from bites of centipedes ASHORE OFF fAINO ORO men of the myoka maru had battle of life on coral ledge vessel comes to grief I 1 treacherous channel manila ai orty five japanese rescued resau d tl if rough the efforts of an american Ameil can destroyer destro ier and a navil tug fron fro n tie tl e v areek reck of the japanese fi elgi ter rok R ok it maru mara arrive I 1 at this I 1 rt after a tl rilling battle with de deith ith I 1 1 y u bet i from drowning and by land from glint centipedes which infested he tie coral cor il belge on which trey tl ey had bad f und refuge the ri kill 1111 M mini iru bound from java to I 1 of of inn with a cargo of sugar ian upon tie deadly coral ledges of I 1 inns tan cay orly in the straits of min alin d ro three nights alights ago ngo aL a orling to tie tl e st ra r told by fluno of tl if e krecl ed ste amsl ip the vessel as proc preceding eeling through the ous cl antler he stated with a heavy fog hiding the shore and a strong stron wind from the south that threw t the e i vessel essel off her cours cour seand and sent her sud denly crashing rutn the reefs As won soon as the steamship stean whip struck the wind and tide around with her stai starboard board side upon tf e reef and ISO fathoms of water rn n the port radio damaged the sl the collision doll islon damage I 1 the radio so much tl at it was not for three hours that it could be used an I 1 SOS was then sent out and was picked up by the naval radio station at cavite captain croe cro e command ant tit a rr cavite sent the de destroyer stroNer wl WI ip ira pie dicing for the scene a daybreak followed by tl e naval tug Wom patuck when day broke the position of f he fhe vessel was so tl it at captain Cip tain mizuno decided to abandon ship the was nas stove in and the vesel ve sel was grinding grindling badly b idly with m ith every bre brei k er and threatening to slide back into deep water nater where she bould v have bunk sunk like a plummet volunteers of the crew scrambled out 0 he the reefs and managed to carry lines t the nar row ledge of the cay ay that deemed to offer refuge As the men clambered up on tie tl e rocks a nest of 91 glint int cent pe les was discovered and several men mere vi ere bitten one of whom nhom died led shortly after that afternoon the hove in sigl t and the destroyer sent a boat in through the boiling surf to the strand ed steamship by clever seamanship seaman slip ip the boat a crew managed to round un der the maru s stern into a bit of shelter and the officer in charge boarded the freighter where captain still remained it was decided that the crew it f the steamship were in comparative safet and that it ft uns as not necessary to risk the eggshell de in the swirling waters of the straits the whipple accordingly stoic stood off and on until the Wom patuck arrived rescued the japanese the stanch navy tug in under the guidance of capt dan mcgrew nn ran in as far as she dared and with her boats rescued the Japan japanese cRe from their precarious shelter on the ledge annl tl if en left the freighter to her he fate wrecking experts siy sly the ctr dances inces of saving tl if e vessel herself are very slim the maru was wag formerly the or Orl oristano stano launched at tit newcastle I 1 ng land I 1 in n 1911 for the gulf ine she was sold ta Is sear to the lamamoto larn amoto aisen shot al at and was during the present voyage under charter to the mit cut ul bussin there Is a marked resemblance between the dwarf chameleon the little eight inch loi lot g reptile which lives in tl tie e kamerun kameran of africa and that gl gi gantic gantle prehistoric reptile called trl cora tops which was 0 O feet loni and eight feet high |