LUCKY LAST.
Ship's Final Distress Signal Seen. TOWED 350 MILES TO PORT. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Recplved 1 p.m.) LONDON, January 13. The Norwegian steamer Olea Arvold. which had no wireless, was towed 350 miles to Aberdeen after drifting helplessly in the Atlantic for 20 days. Terrific storms carried away the propeller and the crew were reduced to living on the whent ciirgo. The water was exhausted and the vessel had sent up all the rockets without being observed by passing ships. The last one was seen by a trawler.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 11, 14 January 1929, Page 7
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