ONE SURVIVOR
GREEK STEAMER WRECKED. SUNK IN A STORM. REST OF GREW PERISH. BY GABLE—PEESB ASSOCIATION —COPY BIGHT LONDON, Feb. 28. The Greek steamer S-tenies struck a rock off Land’s End in stormy weather and sank in ten minutes. The third engineer, who was picked up when clinging to a life boat, says the crew launched a lifeboat, but it capsized. All except himself and -a fireman were immediately drowned. The fireman later relaxed his hold. The engineer was rescued by a fishing smack after many hours in the water during darkness
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 1 March 1927, Page 5
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92ONE SURVIVOR Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 1 March 1927, Page 5
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