SHIPWRECKED CREW
AT POINT OF PISTOL. LISBON, November 24. A thrilling story of the sea, in which a captain armed with, a revolver compelled his shipwrecked crew to keep on rowing in their boat, although they were numbed with cold and on the verge of refusing to obey orders, is told by Captain Michoforos, of the Greek steamer Virginia.
The Virginia was towed into Leixoes by Portuguese trawlers. Seventy thousand pounds was claimed as salvage, but the ship, according to a latex’ message, sank in harbour.
Captain Michiforos, who said he saw the ship sink before rowing off, now attributes this mistake to the fog.
The engine-room and the holds, he said, were flooded. The crew ceased pumping, lowered the boats and embarked, and he, seeing the vessel sinking, decided to join them. The boats, he adds, were lost in the fog for seven hours, and he was obliged to point his revolver at the crew as one by one, numbed by the intense cold and despairing of any help, they refused to go on rowing., Finally, a Spanish trawler picked them up and conveyed them to Oporto. On board the Virginia was a rich cargo of minerals from Huelva, bound for Nantes.
The crew are on their way here, and will be taken care of by the Greek Consul.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 January 1929, Page 9
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