HELD IN THE ICE
, HEWS FROM THE CHELUSKIK Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. MOSCOW, January 26. (Received January 27, at 1 a.m.) A wireless message from the Cheluskin states- that all of the 103 people aboard are now living on the crowded lower deck to economise fuel. [The commander of the Cheluskin, the Russian ice-breaker, in a, wireless message on January 17 describing the privations of those on board, stated that only 500 tons of coal remain, sufficient to keep up steam in one boiler in order to prevent the machinery from freezing. The supply would be exhausted if, as was likely, the vessel remained ice-bound until July. A number of people were in delicate health and ought to be rescued at the earliest possible moment, for which purpose the crew had prepared a landing place for an aeroplane by flattening the ice near the ship. There was a constant danger of the Cheluskin going to pieces in big gale, as she' was not a proper icebreaker, but merely a reinforced steamer.]
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19340127.2.104
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 21630, 27 January 1934, Page 13
Word Count
170HELD IN THE ICE Evening Star, Issue 21630, 27 January 1934, Page 13
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in