FIGHT WITH STORMS
CREW’S LONG STRUGGLE AMONG ICEBERGS AWFUL SUFFERINGS FROM COLD AND HUNGER BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION —Copyright. London, April 10. After three months’ struggle in the iceberg-ridden region of the . mid-At-lantic th-? crew of the . British ship Rita McCluett have been brought to Plymouth. They narrate a remarkable story of a fight with storms, cold, and hunger in a terrible voyage from Oporto. Nearing St. John’s they were driven back by a gale through huge icebergs. The crew of five, alreadv. suffering, were now in desperate straits. There was practically no food, and the. only water was melted snow. .'Their lives were saved bv port wine and brandv'carried for medicinal purposes. With rudder smashed, sails blown'away, and lifeboat useless, they drifted into the track of shipping, where they were rescued hv the liner President Fillmore, when their last hope was gone. They were landed at Plymouth, all in a shocking condition One man weighed 80 pounds instead of a normal 160 pounds.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 176, 13 April 1923, Page 5
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