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ON THE DEVON

. A WILD AND ANXIOUS NIGHT. . Friday jvight Inst was a wild and J anxious flight for tip five itiSn fenga|cd • in salvaging the wrecked tiller Devon. These men. iiave been working on the vessel for some considerable time, and ■' it is the practise for them to sleep on ■ board tin! vessel each night. It will be remembered that on Fi iday night a heavy southerly en mo up and tlili brought tfith if. a big ocean roll, Mountainous seas thundered and iKwnded against the liner. . Eacli time as the water receded, making ready fin- tlie uost eurier. the Devon would roll. strn.in aiui creak ill fin alfttiftiiig. fashion. 'J'iie jnen on board could get, no sleep, and tliev remained tip all night, wondering' liou the to3£el would stand the lioaw : rcas During the night the Vessel's stern opened slightly, and this caused n portion of . the deck, aft to fall away, Following; this was a loud erash, caused bv the collapse of llirv miw.eimiafit A steam winch nenr the inasf nlso fell .away, as the deck sank in. What. with .the fallinc: of the mast, tbo shrieking of tlie »mil, and thft rolluip and Freaking of.the liniT, the lot t>f the live salva».<>rs was most unnlrasaul. They note Iliad when tike dawn camp, wiul they then prepared to gc",t ashore. ■ The lino'which was .'used for reaching the shore Has feu ltd intact, and it was not .lons before the five men hail readied terra firm a. It is iwiljwisfed that the work Sfvk';qC:iV.i* flio. t)ovoil's .cfrrgO will bo pletcd in a week's time. '

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 6

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266

ON THE DEVON Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 6

ON THE DEVON Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 6

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