LIFE- BOATS STORMED.
SHIPPING DISASTER. jHABKS DEVOIR VICTIMS. iLi-rUi* association- -'-Oitmght.) * f „. ik-D V.t. CaM.» ASSOCIATION.) • jjIODEJANEIKO, October 2*. -te «i«unship Formosa lias docked ,!■. Mafalda's siu**L oho declared that the vessel's Snerr was bad and her lite-saving ISwßt inefficient. *£* alleged that, the crew stormed .Jttfe-boat* and dc-e. trd the passenZ, and tbat tho iliird-cla.'s passenthe ship and sacked thffgad cabin--. ...... *nL of the survivors and his wife JStJiat thev swam for half an hour zSibod'm half-eaten by sharks and !«£ wreckage. fL. alleged that there were no mwionf in the cabins regarding the ZTjthe life-belts, and that no boats J2*iKt?ned to the passengers. One wj drill and one firo drill were held, Awfiid, trhirh were a complete fiasco. A,'passengers not being assembled -d 50 boat* being swung out. jjuyako declared that after the disthe boats were successfully kgwbed, but never returned to the #», fcewß abandoned when iheir or> dpjtg were rescued.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19145, 31 October 1927, Page 11
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150LIFE-BOATS STORMED. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19145, 31 October 1927, Page 11
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