RESCUE FROM WRECK.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 March 1927, Page 9

RESCUE FROM WRECK.

LATE EDITION

BRAVE ALASKAN FISHERMEN. SCIENTISTS ’ NARROW ESCAPE. BY CABLE— PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. CORDOVA (Alaska), Feb. 24. When the United States Government fisheries steamer Scandia went ashore off Kadiak Harbour, Alaska, the centre of the salmon fisheries, a radio message said the waves were sweeping the decks and the crew were clinging for their lives to the rigging. Three fishing craft, equipped with lifeboats, were manned by ran out to the wreck, and took off every man after a thrilling rescue. Altogether there were 15 aboard the Scandia, including a crew of nine and six scientists, who composed the International Fisheries Commission which had been studying the life and movements of the halibut and salmon. As daylight broke, the rescuers were sighted, but the wirelss operator aboard the Scandia was afraid that they would not be able to approach. Nine finally left the ship in lifeboats. These boats were overcrowded, but their occupants were safely transferred to the shore craft. The fishermen then hovered round, and the remaining six were picked off just as the ill-fated steamer slipped below the waves.