PERILOUS WORK FOR THE LIFEBOAT MEN.
WRECK OFF THE" IRISH COAST
By. Telegraph—Pross Association—CoDyrieht (Rcc! February'. 22,' 5.5 p.m.) v London, February 21. The ' three-masted steel ; schooner Mexico (Norwegian) is stranded off tho coast of Wexford, .Ire.land. She was driven ashoreJn'a tempest. Two of the.crtrsv'got ashore, but wero badly' injured; •' - A lifeboat from Fethard was driven ont to sea, and has not been seen since. Another lifeboat, from Kilmore, was smashed against tho Mexico's , sido.'Tho occupants climbed on board the Mexico, whioh now threatens" to' break up. • . (Rcc. 'February 23, 0.10 a.m.) •--. .'' '■ London, February,, 21. Tliree lifeboats . hovered near the wrecked schooner Mexico for an entire day. All the crew, except four who were diowned, took refuge upon a wavewashed rock. The Fethard lifeboat capsized at midnight, and three of the men were drowned. Eleven others clung to the boat till they were washed 'on to' the rocks- exhausted. It is expected that the Mexico's crew and the lifeboatmeni will eventually be rescued. . . ~ • "
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1991, 23 February 1914, Page 5
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163PERILOUS WORK FOR THE LIFEBOAT MEN. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1991, 23 February 1914, Page 5
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