WRECKS ON ENGLISH COAST

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 180, 9 November 1910, Page 5

WRECKS ON ENGLISH COAST

j GALLANT LIFEBOAT CREWS. I By liable—Press Association—Copyright. [ London, November 7. j The crew of the Preussen, wrecked at Dover, are still aboard, the attempts at rescue having proved unsuccessful, but the weather «s moderating. Regardless of rain, crowds watched the launching of the lifeboat. A terrific sea tossed j,t like a cork as it endeavored to effect communication with the Preussen. Both the tug and the lifeboat were swept by enormous seas, and, being unable to pass a line, returned to Dover. Coastguardsmen descended the cliffs at the peril of their lives by means of a rope ladder, and eventually a rocket line, fired from the foot of the cliffs, fell across the vessel.

REFLOATING EFFORTS. Received 9, 1 a.m. London, November 8. There is twenty feet of water in the Preussen Hamburg's forehold. Efforts to refloat her will be made to-day. A STEAMER ASHORE. London, November 7. The steamer Wimbourne was wrecked at Sandsend, near WhitVy, and the boats washed away. The crew, numbering 27, were splendidly rescued by the life-saving apparatus. THE KURDISTAN WRECK. Received 9, I a.m. London, November 8. The Kurdistan wreck represents a loss on the insurance market of a quarter of a million.