TREMENDOUS SEAS
v FATE OF THE VOLMER. MEN DIE ONE BY ONE (Received Last NiMit, 11.30 o'clock.) LONDON, December 30. ; ' The Danish steamer Volmer, while twenty-live miles southward of tli'e Sallys Islands, one tremendous sea swept tlie vessel, ripping off her bulwarks, and- poured torrents of water into her holds and engine room. The water quenched the fires. ~ The vessel turned up the channel and drifted for five hours, and' then , sank. The survivors experienced a terrible night. Two steamers passed! them, without seeinsr their boat, which was oarless and waterless. Tjbe men died one b- one. ; The Narrung's repairs will occupy five weeks.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 31 December 1912, Page 5
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104TREMENDOUS SEAS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 31 December 1912, Page 5
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