A CLEVER RESCUE.
(BI CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATIOR—COPTBIGHT.) (AUSTEALIAN AKD X.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) GIBRALTAR, January 20. Fine seamanship saved Lieutenant Burges, whom a huge wave washed off the destroyer H.M.S. Splendid. Lieutenant-Commander Falls manoeuvred the vessel to where Burges was .floating on the.crest of a wave, and hauled him aboard, as it dashed on to the ship's side, v • The cook, who also went overboard, was washed back on deck by a succeeding wave.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18906, 22 January 1927, Page 15
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72A CLEVER RESCUE. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18906, 22 January 1927, Page 15
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