"WOODEN WALLS" OF ENGLAND.
AX ANCIENT SHIP BURNED. Bv Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 12, 11.5 p.m. London', March 12. The Wellesley, a training ship, one of England's "wooden walls," tforinerlv called the Bpscawen, has been burnert. She was hunched in 1844, Three hundred boys were in the schoolroom when they learned of the danger by the Hrebel 1 summoning "vessels on the river to help. They quietly left the classrooms. The elder boys manned the pumps, and the younger one swere marshalled on the upper deck ready to lower the boats. Meanwhile fhe smoke was penetrating the decks. Some of the lads had to face the stiffocating | smoke, but they were reluctant to leave the pumps until the officers compelled them. There were numerous plucky incidents. A boy ran to the captai»> quarters, picked up a baby and carried it to the deck. Four boys in the carpenters' shop were imprisoned, and were unable to pass the iron bars. Rescuers in a boat cut a hole in the woodwork and the boys crawled out. ship was burned to the water's edge and sank.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 217, 13 March 1914, Page 5
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182"WOODEN WALLS" OF ENGLAND. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 217, 13 March 1914, Page 5
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