A STEAMER SAVED
BY AN OLD FORD. 'United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this dnv nt. 11 n.m.l HAVANA, December 29. An ancient generator and battery on an old Ford car saved the lives of eight passengers and twenty-six of the crew of the steamer Santa Anna which finallv reached port, towed behind the Athol Chief after a hair raising struggle with the waves which opened the seams and sent the sea water above the engine room floor. The pumps were started on 17th Dec. and after three days battering all steam available was turned into pumping but the water gradually gained as the ship wallowed through the sea. The radio generator relused to work and the ship’s company was faced with foundering. Someone then thought ol an old time flivver stored below. The car was stripped ol its battery and spark coil and within half an hour tlioir S.O.S. was answered by the steamer Athol Chief which towed them to port.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 December 1929, Page 5
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163A STEAMER SAVED Hokitika Guardian, 30 December 1929, Page 5
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