HEAVY WEATHER IN ATLANTIC
—. STEAMER BELIEVED TO HAVE SUNK RESCUE VESSELS FIND NO TRACE (BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.) (Received February 23, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, February 27. Very heavy weather is reported from the mid-Atlantic, and grave anxiety is felt for the British steamer Blairgowrie, 3259 tons, of Glasgow, on her v/ay to Boston from Swansea. She sent out distress calls yesterday, declaring that her situation was desperate with the steering gear disabled and the hold full of water
The German liner Europa, the ste imer American Banker, and the Dutch steamer Blomersdijk were th!s morning reported to have reached the scene, but found no trace of the vessel. The Blairgowrie had 26 persons aboard. The fleet auxiliary steamer Serbol nrrived at Gibraltar to-day 36 hours late, having encountered mountainous soas on her way from England. She is said to have picked up no fewer than 14 distress calls during the voyage, and reports that one Ttalian steamer foundered near Cape Finisterre and that another vessel was abandoned.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21411, 1 March 1935, Page 13
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