RESCUE ATTEMPT
LIFEBOAT SEVEN HOURS IN STORM. (Australian Press Association)' SYDNEY, November 5. The story is told of the great bravery and determination of six sailors who manned a lifeboat 'from the steamer Saves on Sunday night and went to the assistance of the crew of the stranded trawler Gumindaal at Cape Howe. In a raging sea, about ten p.m. the Sards’ captain saw distress signals in the vicinity of the beach on Gabo Island. A lifeboat with the chief officer and five of the crew put off in pitch darkness. They rowed for three hours. Drenched and cold, they were tossed like a cork, hut they eventually located the trawler on the. reef. ■ Her lights were all extinguished, hut when the lifeboat was able to get alongside, the men shouted through the darkness to those on board the trawler, and the reply came: “No assistance wanted, thank you!” The Saras’ crew then commenced to row back to the vessel, in the thickest weather. They reached it safely, after a four hours’ terrible battle with the wind and waves. The trawler’s crew reached Sydney to-day, little the. worse for their experience. . .. ,
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1929, Page 6
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191RESCUE ATTEMPT Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1929, Page 6
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