HIS LAST SOS
A striking example of the difference wireless telephony has made to sailors is’ shown by the story of the lrench steamer Sybil. This ship of 2888 tons was abont 160 miles south of the Canaries when she was stricken with a terrible misfortune. One after another the crew went down with malignant coast fever. In a short time she was drifting helplessly withont steam. The wireless operator sat in his chair sending out SOS. calls till he collapsed in front of the apparatus. , Luckily his last call was picked up by the Spanish steam-trawler Louis, whose reply was heard just hefore the Svybil’s wireless man went down. The Louis hastened to the rescue. and found that only the captain and three men were still able to move. Volunteers went on board, and the plaguestricken ship was safely brought to Las Palmaa, But for wireless the Svybil- might have drifted to shipwreck, and no one would have known why she disappeared,
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Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 28, 27 January 1928, Page 15
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163HIS LAST SOS Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 28, 27 January 1928, Page 15
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