STRUCK AT MIDNINGT.
- NINETEEN BROWNED. GERMAN SHIP SINKS OFF NARE HEAD. By Teleßrajh-P-reas Aisoai&tion'KJojprrfrW / London, February 1. The German ship Hera, bound to Fal--mouth, sank of Nare Head. Nineteen of tlioso -aboaf-d were drowned. The ship struck the rpxks at midnight. Tlio crow launched a Iwat, whick capsized, and tho captain, and fifteen of the men disappeared. Five others struggled back to the wreck, and rejoined three who- had been left aboard* They took leftige in tho rigging. The chie'J officer was the last to tako refage. Ho lashed himself to a- maet and blew a whistle to attract attention, as_ tho water'was gainidg on him. Realising that tho.end Was annroaching, he handed the whistb to-s.sailor ivith the remark: "Yoti can dd better than I." A fow minutes later tho sea covered him. A Falinoutli lifeboat heard tho faint whistle, but meanwhile a- huge wave had washed three of tiro Remaining members of the crow off the ship. A lifeboat resetted , tho five who Were left.
[The Hera, was au iron four-roasted, vfe, eel, of MM tons- (jross, built ifl 1886.1
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1974, 3 February 1914, Page 7
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181STRUCK AT MIDNINGT. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1974, 3 February 1914, Page 7
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