THE HEDVIG'S CREW.
HAZARDOUS RESUCE WORK. (ttsited press association- —by ei.ectrtc TELKQRAPII —COPYRIGHT.) (Received December sth, 1 a.m.) HONG-KONG, December 4. A hazardous rescue of the Hedvig's crew is being attempted by the Suffolk's lifeboats, which have been launched in tempestuous Beas and are now threading their "way across a twelve-mile lagoon. The Hedvig's crew have teen taken off and are returning to the cruiser. The crew are safe aboard the Suffolk after 49 hours' terrible experience in a raging sea. The Navy's spectacular rescue, the boats threading their way through, the _ wave-swept reefs, was a memorable epic. The men are due at Hong-Kong this morning.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20103, 5 December 1930, Page 15
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