TRAGEDY OF THE SEA

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 1, 26 September 1921, Page 5

TRAGEDY OF THE SEA

STEAMER SUNK IN COLLISION .1 —a FOURTEEN LIVES LOST By Telecranh—Prosa Association—Convrigbi (Rec. September 24, 5.5 p.m.) « , \ London, September 23. , During a fog the Ostend mail steamer Jan Broydol collided with the Nor--wegian steamer Salina olf ‘the 'Goodwin Sands. Tho Salina sank in five minutes. Ton of the orow wore drowned and two were killed by tho collision. Tho Jan Bioydol’s 'boats rescued tho remaining ■fourteen, several of whom, ware seriously injured.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. A TRAGIC EPISODE. (Rec. September 25, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 23. Kubelik, tho violinist, who was on board tho Jan Broydol, says that aftor the collision he first thought of his Stradivarius, valued at .£25,000. He ran to his cabin, placed a lifebolt around the violin and returned to the dock, where he ram-s to the conclusion that the Jan Broydel would' not sink, though the people on deck wore crying and screaming. After the collision, tho Balina, which was three hundred yards away, sank in five minutes, there not being enough time to lower the boats. Kubelik saw people clinging to a spar. The Jan Breydel’s boats rescued ten.

A tragic episode occurred. Captain Merrel. the Salina’s commander, saw his wife with a baby in arms and his young son in the water. He swam to their aid, ■ elapsed his wife and. baby under his nrjn, and tho boy clung to his back. He thus struck out for the Jan Breydol, which picked them up. Unhappily, the baby was dead, and Mrs. Merrel died later from exhaustion. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.