LIFEBOAT TO RESCUE

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 129, 27 November 1929, Page 11

LIFEBOAT TO RESCUE

OUT ALL NIGHT IN STORM

SAVES SURVIVORS AT DAWN

British Official Wireless. (Eoeeived 27th November, 11 a.m.) ' ETJGBY, 26th November. wife of the chief officer of the London steamer Molesey have lost their lives through the wreck of the vessel near Wooltack Point, on the South Wales oZt twenty-eight persons were resZt i + , Mllbons of Wieners last night heard tho appeal broadcast from the London wireless station asking any shin m the vacinity of Wooltaek" Point o send, if possible, radio or visual siZlflr *v Molesey> which.was asho?e and breaking up. it was , however, a lifeboat from the village of Angle, near Milford Haven, which eventually rescued those aboard the wrecked ship. Thei lifeboat was launched at 8 o'clock yesterday evening, and struggled with terrific E eas throughout the night reaching the ship at dawn. Then only Hke/off ™»™ the survivors taken off. One had a fractured leg. STORY OF SHIP'S ORDEAL. Th 6 boatswain of the Molesey, named Ludgate, gave a thrilling account of the ship's ordeal. He- said that a gale was blowing as the ship rounded the Pembrokeshire coast and in the midst of it something seemed to go wrong with the steering gear. When the ship struck the rocks with terrific force, two ot the lifeboats were washed away There was no shelter at all and the waves came crashing down upon the vessel. Then the bridge was swept away by the pounding sea. Three of the men jumped overboard and tried to reach the shore, but the terrible waves were too much for them, ana they were seen no more. Tho wireless operator and one of the mates were washed overboard sometime afterwards. The vessel was sinking as the lifeboat approached. Among the rescued were two stowaways. They did not come out of their hiding place until the vessel had struck the rocks.