IN PERIL ON THE SEA.
SHIP ASHORE AT YARMOUTHPOWERFUL APPARATUS SENT. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Nov. 22. A high-powered car, equipped with the most modem life-saving appliances, left London lor Yarmouth, to aid in the rescue of the crew of fifteen of the Dutch oil tanker Georgia, which was battered in yesterday’s gale and was lying helpless on the Yarmouth coast with great wavies dashing over her. The decision wa® the outcome of a telephone message to London from the coastguards, stating that the I'ifeboat did it® gallant best, but terrific iseas prevented it from drawing near, and asking for the apparatus. The oar is capable of throwing a line 500 feet.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 24 November 1927, Page 8
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113IN PERIL ON THE SEA. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 24 November 1927, Page 8
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