SECOND SHIPWRECK
75-YEAR-OLD STOREMAN TORPEDOED IN 1918 For the second time in his GO years at sea, Mr. Charles McLean, engineerstorekeeper of the Niagara, has been on a ship that has been sunk, and for the second time he has lost everything he possessed, but has escaped personal injury. Seventy-five years of age and a native of Glasgow, Mr. McLean was one of the crew of the steamer Tasman, which was torpedoed about 300 miles oil the coast of Ireland on September IG, 1018. when bound from London to Calcutta. After 18 hours in lifeboats, the Tasman’s crew was picked up by the United States destroyer Fulton.
Before the Great War, Mr. McLean sailed with the Niagara on her maiden voyage and he has been 120 trips with her since. "Now I have seen her go,’’ he said.
"I'll go away again to-morrow if there is a ship available,” Mr. McLean added. "I have to earn my living and that is all there is to it. You must take things as they come.” The loss of the Niagara was also ihe second experience of a sinking of a Pacific liner in the sea service of Mr. W. J. Huff, chief steward of the vessel. Mr. Hutt was second steward of the Tahiti, which sank in the Pacific in 1930.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20281, 24 June 1940, Page 5
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219SECOND SHIPWRECK Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20281, 24 June 1940, Page 5
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