TWO VESSELS LOST

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22005, 1 February 1937, Page 5

TWO VESSELS LOST

+ MANY DROWNED IN GALE TANKER OVERWHELMED BY ICE IN NORTH SEA LONDON, January 29. Gales and heavy seas continue in the North Sea, the Atlantic, and Mediterranean. There has been widespread damage and many SOS calls have been sent out. It is now revealed that the entire crew of 23 of the Jonge Jacobus, which sank off the Berlangas Islands, were drowned. The last radio message from the vessel stated: "We are taking to the lifeboats." The steamer Achilles answered the SOS, but was unable to make contact with the Jonge Jacobus. The Brazilian steamer Santos, which was drifting helplessly in the gale through engine trouble, was badly damaged. - She was towed safely to port. The German motor-tanker Olifer, from Hamburg, sank in the North Sea with the captain and crew of 17. She sent out an SOS message when great masses of ice crashed on her. The liner Europa hurried to her assistance and picked up three survivors from ice floes. DAMAGE BY GALE IN BRITAIN STREETS FLOODED AND ROADS BLOCKED (BBITISB OFFICIAL WIRIt,ESB.) RUGBY, January 29. The cold north-easterly gale continues, and the f coasts of the British Isles are being lashed by heavy seas. Considerable damage has been done in several parts, notably in Wales, where the seas broke through the defences and flooded the streets in some coastal resorts. Snow fell in London and the streets of Dover were swept by snowstorms. Shipping is suffering a severe buffeting. After being holed through fouling the cable of an anchored German steamer off Gravesend and narrowly missing a collision with a ferry boat, the small Dutch motor sloop Wiljan drifted ashore. The captain, his wife and child and the crew were rescued. Road conditions in many parts of the country are exceptionally bad, and in Dorset many motorists found it necessary to abandon their cars for the night and seek shelter in roadhouses. The occupants of a bus which was snowed up in a desolate area of Exmoor had great difficulty in reaching shelter. Many roads throughout the country cannot be used or are dangerous for traffic, although the main roads generally have been kept clear.