GALLANT RESCUE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 90, 18 April 1927, Page 7

GALLANT RESCUE.

THRILLING SEA EPIC. Frail Craft Conquers Waves and Tempest. WRECKED SAILORS SAVED. (By Cable —Coprrisrht —Prrss > LONDON, April 17. A thrilling story is told of ibe rescue by a lew men on a tiny mou>rboat of the crew of the steamer C<Mlingdale. which was disabled in the storm on the Mediterranean. The small craft was steered by a veteran Spanish master. I,ar;rc canro boats and the British destroyer Vs>1 count had failed in their efforts since Tuesday night. The crow of the ColJincdale fared death. They were without f<xxl. All their boat* had been washed away a:u] the only prospect wormed to ).c that th<-y , would l>o engulfed in the sea when ibc ! ship brok? tip. At last the men in th* , Meaner saw j the cocklc-'hcll craft putting off to tho I rescue. A crowd of people on sli<-:<-watched breathie-'-iv. It fwmfd impossible for the frail craft to conquer the rouch «-ea. Finally, however, she reached the C^llinpdalo. The iranshijiTTien! of the crew of the steamer was full oj danprr. and Ftrcnu- : otis work was necessary to prevent th< motor-lKxit from crashing apain*t the j ship or oil the rock*. The boat could not carry the whole of th* , 30 men on the Collinjrdal«". tf ' 'bo first look 15 on r«">ard an<i fMipht h< r I way back to the harbour. Then. wiTh warcvly a pail m> f r, r breath. the men in the little l«oat iepi-au-.i t!:«-ir slrujrjrie with the wave. They regained 1 the wreck and rescued ".ho j ems i n<l or of j ihe crew. Thousands of fijhtM>cr« tlnnngc-d the harbour and cheered the gallant ic>nurto the echo.