THRILLING RESCUE
LIFEBOAT’S BATTLE WITH GALE FRENCH CREW SAVED United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright Reed. 11.25 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. The Fleetwood lifeboat on Christmas Day rescued six men who comprised the skeleton crew of the French steamer Tchad. En route from Bordeaux to Morecambe, the Tchad dragged her anchor, and drifted on the Pilling Sands. Rockets were unavailing, so the crew soaked their mattresses with paraffin and burned them, attracting the lifeboat crew, who launched their craft in the teeth of the gale, battled for hours, and threw a rope to the vessel, rescuing the crew.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 856, 27 December 1929, Page 9
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94THRILLING RESCUE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 856, 27 December 1929, Page 9
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