SCHOONER ADRIFT
CREW RESCUED BY PASSING STEAMER fmi Association— By Telegraph—Copyright. - LONDON,.'December 18. Rendered helpless by storms and leaking badly, the-schooner Ria, from Newfoundland, drifted for seventeen days in mid-Atlantic. The captain and crew were forced to! catch rain water to quench their thirst. They burned clothing to attract the attention of passing ships, and they were . finally sighted at night by the steamer Aztec and rescued in heavy seas and landed at Honduras. The captain of the Aztec, on arrival ’ at'Southampton, said that a sack' of onions was the only feed’left on board.
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Evening Star, Issue 20980, 19 December 1931, Page 15
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94SCHOONER ADRIFT Evening Star, Issue 20980, 19 December 1931, Page 15
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