HURRICANE FURY
AMERICAN LINER BATTERED MEMBER OF CREW LOST’ OVERBOARD. NUMBER OF PEOPLE INJURED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. NEW YORK, October 21. The President Harding has arrived. Seventy-two people have been taken to hospital. They were injured when a gigantic wave struck the ship when it was combating a 110-mile-an-houv hurricane and almost foundered. A steward dragged to safety seven who were swept from the promenade deck and thrown under a lifeboat. Forty were hurt when a mass of water poured into the smoking room. The furniture, lighting fixtures and passengers were tossed in a heap. Six members of the crew were engulfed in the poop, one being lost overboard.
BRITISH VESSEL FOUNDERS
CREW RESCUED BY COASTER. MANILA, October 21. The British vessel New Mathilde wirelessed for assistance when she began to founder after heavy seas shifted the cargo. The New Mathilde gave her location as the China Sea. near Hong Kong. A coaster rescued the crew, who had taken to the boats.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 October 1939, Page 4
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