IN PERIL ON THE SEA
RESCUE FROM BLAZING SHIP After fighting an outbreak of fire in their ship for four days and nights while on the Atlantic, the crew of the Portuguese schooner Aguyo Acorcana were rescued by a passing steamer and landed at Liverpool. The crew of eight were all Portuguese, the captain being Sebastino Cruz. Shortly after the schooner had left Leith with a cargo of wool for Glasgow, smoke was seen coming from the forward hold, and soon the ship was enveloped. Night and day the crew manned the pumps in a desperate effort to keep the fire under control, but at the end of four days the flames spread all over the ship. Realising the vessel was doomed, the crew sent up signals of distress, which eventually were sighted by the David Mclver steamer Tuscany, bound from Rosario to Liverpool. The Tuscany at once raced toward the blazing vessel, and the lifeboat was lowered.
The schooner’s crew was safely taken aboard after skilful manoeuvring. The schooner was fast becoming a mass of flames and later she sank.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 177, 17 October 1927, Page 11
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181IN PERIL ON THE SEA Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 177, 17 October 1927, Page 11
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