TOWING A LAME LINER.
THE TRIESTE'S EXPERIENCES. : A DREADFUL TIME. By Cable—Press Association—Copyrigh v. Received July 4, 10.10 p.m. f: ..; • - Bombay, July 4. ■; The ;Trieste's propeller shaft snipped (in. the, 16th June when the vessel was hundred mile.? from. Aden. The a wnings were improvised for sails, and a distance of nine hundred miles was i sailed until' .the collier Lowther Range \yas sighted.! : ' For six days "heroie efforts were made bv the latter to tow the vessel, in terrible weather, wherein the Lowther rknge's second engineer was drowned arid nine of'the* crew injured as a 'result of tlje steel hawser attached |to the Trieste snapping, after towing began. | Meanwhile Provisions were scarce and |he cargo had to be broached, macaroni .ind raisins'being consumed, i Heavy seas again broke the hawser near Bombay, arid the Trieste was towed to; harbor 'under great difficulty.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 73, 5 July 1910, Page 5
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143TOWING A LAME LINER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 73, 5 July 1910, Page 5
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