WORLD'S LARGEST SAILER WRECKED.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9360, 8 November 1910, Page 5

WORLD'S LARGEST SAILER WRECKED.

COLLIDES WITH MAILBOAT.

HEROIC EFFORTS TO SAVE CREW.

CBy Electeic Telegraph—Copybhhit.) 1 (Feb Prkss Association.! Received November 8, 12.30 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 7. The mailboat Brighton, ' from Newhaven to Dieppe, was seriously damaged .by a collision -with the. . fiye-maeter; Preussen, from. Hamburg to. Valparaiso. The Preussen was the world's'" largest, sailer. The collision occurred off- Beachyj Head. '. , , ... • The sailer, which carried. a crew of I thirty, was afterwards wrecked 6ff Dover. I A gale -and heavy eeas impeded the f lifeboat and the coastguard in their heroic efforts to rescue the crew. A, rope was thrown on board- by a rocket appai ratue, and the , attempts at rescue coiij tinue. t CREW STILL ABOARD. Received November 8, 10.30 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 7. The crew of the Preussen, wrecked off Dover, are still aboard, attempts at rescue having proved unsuccessful. The weather'is moderating, however. THE BRITISH. LIFEBOAT. , CHARACTERISTIC HEROISM. Received Nov. 8, 11.40 ■ a.m. LONDON, Nov. 7. Regardless of the rain, crowds watched the launching of the lifeboat.

A terrific sea tossed it like a cork when it endeavoured to effect communication with the Preuesen. The tug and the lifeboat were swept by enormous seas, and, being unable to pass a line to the wrecked vessel, they returned to Dover.. , ■ Coastguardsmen perilously descended the cliffs by a. rone iadder, and even- ' tually a rocket line, fired by them from the foot of the cliffs, crossed the vessel. ANOTHER WRECK. AND MORE SPLENDID RESCUE WORK. LONDON, Nov. 8. The steamer V/im bourne was wrecked at Land's End. The boats were smashed away, but the crew, numbering 27, were splendidly rescued by lifo-saving apnaratu's.