AFLOAT FOR HALF AN HOUR
CREW TAKE TO BOATS FIVE SLIGHTLY WOUNDED (United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received May 26, 2.45 p.m.) VALENCIA, May 25. It is now revealed that the Thorpe Hall was afloat about half an hour, enabling the crew to put off in a boat. The captain, mate, wireless operator and chief steward were still aboard when the vessel sank and were picked up after being hours in the water. The only casualties were five slightly wounded.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19380527.2.68
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20509, 27 May 1938, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
81AFLOAT FOR HALF AN HOUR Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20509, 27 May 1938, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Waikato Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in