BATTLE IN GALE
THREE SEAMEN KILLED
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
(Received February 12, 11.35 a.m.) PERTH (W.A.), This Day. A graphic description of gales wnich resulted in three seamen being killed and four others badly injured, was given by passengers on the Ulysses, which has arrived at Fremantle. An eye-witness said: "On the night we left Liverpool heavy seas damaged the forecastle. Eight men were deputed to repair the damage. The mate went to the prow and with a whistle warned the seamen of particularly dangerous waves, and at each blast the men dashed back to safety. When the work was almost completed a tremendous wall of water broke over the men, and before they could reach cover they were smashed against the deck, three being killed outright."
The Ulysses made for Swansea, but owing to the huge seas the bodies of the injured men could , not be sent ashore until the next day.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1936, Page 11
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152BATTLE IN GALE Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1936, Page 11
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