THE EXETER CITY
DRAMATIC RESCUE Of CREW MOUNTAINOUS SEAS RUNNING Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, January 21. The Exeter City was disabled 650 miles due east of Newfoundland. Twenty-two members of the crew were rescued after an all-day struggle in mountainous seas, lashed by a seventymile gale. A dramatic story of the rescue is told in terse radio messages from the American Merchant, whose master (Captain Stedrnan), is .already the holder of medals for similar, heroic performances. The Exeter City sent out the S.O.S. call at dawn after seas had carried away the bridge, sweeping to death. Captain Legg (a . resident of Bristol, England) and three other members of the crew. The American Merchant, then fifteen miles distant, responded, and the captain maneuvering his ship the Exeter City’s crew were hauled to safety. After the last man was taken aboard the American Merchant a huge ware destroyed the lifeboat.
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Evening Star, Issue 21317, 23 January 1933, Page 8
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149THE EXETER CITY Evening Star, Issue 21317, 23 January 1933, Page 8
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