STEAMER ADRIFT.
LONDON, January 13. ThU Norwegian- steamer Olearvold. which is not fitted with wireless, was towed 350 miles to Aberdeen, after drifting helplessly in Atlantic for 29 days. Terrific storms carried away the propeller. The crew were reduced to living ofn the wheat cargo. The wate*r supply was exhausted. They sent up all their rockets, wnich were not observed by passing ships, until the last one was seen by a trawler.
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Grey River Argus, 15 January 1929, Page 5
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72STEAMER ADRIFT. Grey River Argus, 15 January 1929, Page 5
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