THRILLING STORY
SCHOONER BURNED CREW AND PASSENGERS RESCUED (United Press Association—By Electrio Teleeraph—Copy right, (Received 21st August, 12.5 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, 20th August. A wireless message from the Dutch steamer Hercules tells a thrilling story of the rescue of 40 men, being the crew and passengers of the four-masted American schooner Augusta G. Hilton. The schooner was en route from Bermuda to the Azores, and when 000 miles south-west of the Azores caught fire. The Hercules was just in time to rescue all aboard before the schooner was burned to the water’s edge and sailk - . ,iai
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 21 August 1933, Page 5
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95THRILLING STORY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 21 August 1933, Page 5
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