VESSEL'S RAPID DIVE
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SLEEPING SAILORS TRAPPED ; BELQW DECKS . ON: i ' £: J ' MELBOURNE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS
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* LONDON, Shtufday. The tanker Semfnold whicfe:r aih'med the sailing .veshel Melbourne, is bringing 15 of- . the - Melb oufne's survivofs to Queenstown. ! : '• v-rr ; Eleven were drowned, namely, the eaptain, the. first and third otfic'ers,'the boatswaihj the chief stewafdp and six sailors. The Seminole is practically undamaged. After the impaet the crew of the sailing vessel jumped overhoard. Many were asleep between the f ore and mainmast, "and prohably hecame entangled in the rigging or wero unable to reach the deck. The Seminole launched a lifeboat towards the swimming survivors. One has been sent to the hospital at Queenstown with an injured leg. The others are clad only in shirts and trousers and are suffering from exposure.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 266, 4 July 1932, Page 5
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