MID-ATLANTIC GALE.
Grave Fears for Safety of British Steamer. NO TRACE OF SHIP FOUND. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 1 p.m.) RUGBY, February 27. Terrible weather is reported from the mid-Atlantic and grave anxiety is felt for the British steamer Blairgowrie (3259 tons), of Glasgow, on the way to Boston from Swansea. She sent out distress calls yesterday declaring that her situation was desperate, with no steering gear and one hold full of water.
The German liner Europa, the steamer American Banker, and the Dutch steamer Blommeradik were this morning reported to have reached the scene, but found 110 trace of the vessel. The Blairgowrie had 20 persons aboard.
The fleet auxiliary steamer Serbol arrived at Gibraltar to-day 30 hours late, having encountered mountainous seas on the way from England. She is stated to have picked up no less than 14 distress calls during the voyage, and reports that one Italian steamer foundered near Cape Finisterre and that another vessel was abandoned.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 50, 28 February 1935, Page 7
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