VESSEL SINKS WITHIN FOUR MINUTES
CAPTAIN'S HEROIC DEATH. DESPERATE EFFORT TO SAVE LADY PASSENGER. CHIEF OFFICER'S EXPERIENCE. (Received March 28, 9.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. After signalling Cape Moreton for a pilot the captain of the St. Paul slowed down, and while awaiting the pilot the steamer struck the rock, ripping off the centre starboard plates. The vessel filled rapidly and sank . within four minutes. The captain made a desperate effort to save Mrs. Carter and hei 'niece and succeeded in reaching the child, placing her in a boat. He then went below to help the mate and was never seen again. The vessel lurched and 6ank, and the men died dPheroic death. It is believed Mrs. Carter and the others below had no time to escape from their cabins. The chief officer states that the foundering was so sudden that there was no time to lower a boat, although an effort was made. He was just about to return to the captain on the bridge when he found himself in the water. He was twice sucked under in the vortex. Coming to the suiface he grabbed a hatch and was eventually rescued by the pilot boat. The scene of the wreck is infested with sharks.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 74, 28 March 1914, Page 5
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206VESSEL SINKS WITHIN FOUR MINUTES Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 74, 28 March 1914, Page 5
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