SINKING SCHOONER BLOWN UP
THRILLING CHANNEL RESCUE By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Sunday. The 25 men comprising the crew of the French schooner Daisy, whom the crew of the lonic rescued- from their vessel when she was sinking in the English Channel, were landed to-day at Southampton. Captain Cochard, of the French ship, says he returned to St. Malo after losing a man overboard. The ship again lost a man and sprang a leak. He was preparing to abandon the schooner when he was sighted by the lonic. Captain Jackson sent his third officer, Mr. Walker, aboard the schooner, which was then 200 miles from land. A second boarding party was sent under the sixth officer, Mr. Powston. The Daisy was loaded with gunpowder and salt. As she was a danger to navigation some mattresses were soaked in petrol and set on fire. By this means the schooner was blown up. The French crew, as a mark of their gratitude, presented Mr. Walker with a French sausage 3ft. long, and to Mr. Powston they gave a pair of sea boots.—Sun.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 23, 19 April 1927, Page 9
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