TRAGEDY OF THE SEA
TRAWLER DISAPPEARS. HEROIC RESCUE ATTEMPTS. MOUNTAINOUS SEAS. (United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received April 1, 11 a.m. LONDON, March 31. Seven men lashed to the rigging of the trawler Bendoran, which is ashore at Skerriesreek, in the Shetland Isles, watched the- trawler Aurora approach within a quarter of a mile and then beaten back by mountainous seas. A fishing boat manned by volunteer rescuers made a gallant effort to get a line aboard the Bendoran, but it was also driven off. Heroic rescue attempts continued for thirty hours. Two of the shipwrecked men were wasehd away; later, trawlers reported that the Bendoran had broken up and disappeared. It is feared that all on board have perished.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 106, 1 April 1930, Page 7
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