LOST AT SEA

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20087, 6 November 1939, Page 7

LOST AT SEA

NEUTRAL SHIPS

SEQUEL TO EXPLOSIONS

GREEK CREW RESCUED

DANISH-NORWECIAN

LANDING OF SURVIVORS

(Reed. Nov. 6, 10.30 a.m.)

LONDON, Nov 5,

All 26 members of the crew of the Greek steamer, Nicolaos M. Embiricos, which was sunk in the English Channel as a result of two explosions, were rescued early this morning.

The ship was en route to Antwerp from America when the explosion, which occurred in the forward part of the engines, stopped the vessel, after which there was a second explosion. The crew took to the boats. One reached a lightship. The second drifted for six hours before being sighted by a Dutch ship.

In consequence of an explosion on Friday the Danish steamer Canada sank despite the efforts of five tugs to save her.

The crew of 60 took to the boats immediately after the explosion, but the captain and 13 seamen returned aboard, a lifeboat taking them off when the loss of the vessel became certain.

Survivors of the Norwegian vessel Sig were landed on the east coast following an explosion in the vessel. Others are believed to have been drowned.

Some of the survivors were admitted to a hospital. Most of those rescued, who were scantily clad, jumped into the water after the explosion and managed to reach rafts, from which a British vessel picked them up three hours later.