IN MID-OCEAN SCHOONER STRIKES A WHALE
CREW FORCED TO ABANDON VESSEL. By Telegraph.— Fret« ABioclafcloa.— CepyrlgM, ' (Received July 9, 10 a.m.) LONDON, Bth July. The schooner Empire struck a whale in mid-Atlantic, and was so seriously damaged that she sprang a leak, and the crew wae forced to abandon her. Four days later they were rescued, after being three days in the boats. There were six members in the crew and one passenger. They rowed 120 miles towards land before being picked up by a fishing schooner.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 8, 9 July 1912, Page 7
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