EPIC OF THE SEA
SAILING SHIP’S LONG VOYAGE NINE MONTHS FROM ADELAIDE TO LONDON CHIEF OFFICER KILLED IN STORM. Prc3s Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, January 31. (Received February 1, at 10 a.m.) A thrilling story of the sea was revealed on the arrival at Victoria Docks, under low, of the famous sailer E R. Stirling, over nine months after her departure from Adelaide with 50,000 tons of wheat. Such an adventurous voyage had not previously befallen her in all the years that she had sailed the southern seas. When rounding Capo Horn nothing worse than icebergs was experienced, but when she was 300 miles north-east of the Falkland Islands a terrific tropical hurricane ripped out the mizzen and driver masts, killing the chief mate. The steps taken to repair one mast and carry on were successful, despite the raging seas, but a month later, while slowly progressing, the alreadycrippled vessel encountered another hurricane, and the three masts were blown out. The lifeboats were stove in, the bulwarks damaged, and the wireless aerial blown away.
Captain Stirling agrees that it was the most thrilling experience in his life.
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Evening Star, Issue 19779, 1 February 1928, Page 5
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186EPIC OF THE SEA Evening Star, Issue 19779, 1 February 1928, Page 5
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