Two Fishing Ships Vanish Without Trace

Chronicle (Levin), 26 May 1947, Page 5

Two Fishing Ships Vanish Without Trace

Press Assn

By Telegraph

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. Received Sunday, 8-.50 p.m. ■ . . LGNDON, iVray 25. Thfe TJnited States tanker JSTewhall Hills radioed on Saturday morning that she was blazihg fierqely oh "the northern end ef Goodwin Sands. Tne Ramsgate lifeboat piit out iH a dense fog, locatfed the vessel arid stobd by tiil tiigs arrived and towed het into the Downs. The fire is reported to be out, haying gutted numbers one anu two tanks. One member of the crew was killed. Two fishing vessels vanished with out a trace in a dense fdg off the Groodwin Sands after colliding with United States tankers in almos; identical circumstanCes. While the crew of the Newhall Hills was battling with hre, a radio message from the vessfil said a fishing vessel rah ihto the tanker and no trace bi it has since been seen. Tfie tanker Johri la Farge also sent a radid message that shfe had fcollided with a fishing vessel which sank. No survivors of wredkfige were fbuhd. Radio statioiiS ashofe listefted all day to messages froin sliips telliiig of the drama heiiig eiiacted benind the shroud of fog. Lifetioats and other craft searched for liotirs for survivors but found none. A la'ter message states that a lifeboat picked up in a critical con ditioii two sufvivors from ohe of the fishing vessels which vanished aftet colliding with the United States tankers off the Goodwin Sands.