TERRIBLE VOYAGE
AMID STORMS OF WINTER DISABLED IN MID-ATLANTIC CREW KEEPS ALIVE ON WINE AND BRANDY. fIIWITM MESS ASSOCIATION.—COPtRIOHI.) (AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received I2th April, 9 a.m.) ' LONDON, 10th April. After three months' struggle in the iceberg-ridden region of the mid-Atlantic the crew of the British ship Rita M'Cluett have been brought to Plymouth. They narrate a remarkable story I of a fight with etorms, 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, already suffering, were now in desperate straits. There was practically no food, and the only water was melted snow. , Their lives were saved by port wine and brandy carried for medicinal, puruoses. With rudder smashed, sails blown away, and lifeboat useje.ss, they drifted into the track of shipping, where they were rescued by the liner President Fillmore, when their last hope was •zone. They were landed at Plymouth, all in a shockinff condition. One man weighed 80 pounds instead of a normal 160 pounds.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 87, 12 April 1923, Page 7
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177TERRIBLE VOYAGE Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 87, 12 April 1923, Page 7
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