ADRIFT IN A BLIZZARD.

Mataura Ensign, 16 January 1914, Page 5

ADRIFT IN A BLIZZARD.

DAY IN AN OPEN BOAT. BIG SEAS ON THE ATLANTIC. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. PER UNITED I'RESS ASSOCIATION. Received January 16, noon. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. The gales l continue. The North Atlantic schooner Grace ' Martin foundered and 17 men cruised for a day in an open boat before the steamer A. W. Ferry rescued' them in an exhausted condition, owing to the j terrific blizzard encountered off Yarmouth. THE OCEANIC DAMAGED. Received Januarv 16, 1.25 p.m. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. The steamer Oceanic has arrived with her bridge torn off by a. gigantic sea. There fc were 362 passengers aboard. The captain reports heavy gales and snowstorms in the North Atlantic. The steering gear was damaged.