The Strait Times from the 10th of July, 1925 contained the following report: “Perhaps the most remarkable story in connection with the loss of the Ban Lee Guan off Pulau Pisang on Monday night is that of a Malay woman and her ten months old child, who were rescued after clinging to a wooden raft for eighteen hours. According to the tales of the survivors the Malay gunner, Adam bin Ali, did very good work, getting several women onto a floating mattress, and assisting others to pieces of wood.”
Ship Name: Ban Lee Guan
Ship Type: Coastal Trading Steam Vessel
Tonnage: 29
Nationality: Singapore
Year Wrecked: 1925
Reason for Wreck: Sank in a Storm
Location Wrecked: Somewhere off the coast of Johor, Malaysia
Lives Lost: 8
Sources:
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/55a36f0d287b4776bfa9c030ca25f5b2
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singfreepressb19250730-1.2.42?qt=ban,%20lee,%20guan,%20ship&q=ban%20lee%20guan%20ship
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singfreepressb19250729-1.2.31?qt=ban,%20lee,%20guan,%20ship&q=ban%20lee%20guan%20ship
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/maltribune19250730-1.2.24.103?qt=ban,%20lee,%20guan&q=ban%20lee%20guan
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/maltribune19250709-1.2.11?qt=ban,%20lee,%20guan&q=ban%20lee%20guan
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singfreepressb19250714-1.2.52?qt=ban,%20lee,%20guan&q=Ban%20Lee%20Guan
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/maltribune19250710-1.2.72?qt=ban,%20lee,%20guan&q=Ban%20Lee%20Guan
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19250710-1.2.67?qt=ban,%20lee,%20guan&q=Ban%20Lee%20Guan
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsechomail19250908-1.2.54?qt=ban,%20lee,%20guan&q=Ban%20Lee%20Guan
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette19250710-1.2.54?qt=ban,%20lee,%20guan&q=Ban%20Lee%20Guan
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsechomail19250805-1.2.24?qt=ban,%20lee,%20guan&q=Ban%20Lee%20Guan
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