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Tuesday, 17 July 2012

The loss of the sternwheeler Bandjar on the Aer Rawas river, Dutch East Indies, according to the Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad dated 22 June 1939

An item reported that in the end of the week before the sternwheeler Bandjar was lost on the river Aer Rawas near Batoe Koetjing without personal losses. She probably struck an obstacle below the water surface causing a leak and her sinking. Crew and passengers were saved with a tongkang.