Norse Seamen Rescued After 24 Hours In Leaking Boat
(11 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, Dec. 6, The master and six members of the crew of the Norwegian steamer, Rojo,
were brought to Copenhagen today by I the British steamer Gothland which ' found them yesterday drifting in a j small boat after their ship had found- | ered in the North Sea. i The master said the, 24 hours he had i spent before being rescued were among | the roughest he had experienced. Two ! of his men had to bale continuously to ' keep the craft afloat. Seven other memI bers of the crew of the Rojo were also picked up yesterday by a French trawler..
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22813, 7 December 1948, Page 5
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