COASTAL STORM

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 15 November 1937, Page 5

COASTAL STORM

NORTH AMERICA BATTERED GREEK FREIGHTER SINKS I United Press Aasociation-Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright! NEW YORK, 13th November. A heavy Atlantic coastal storm badly battered North America, damaging shipping, disrupting communications and flooding wide areas, the most serious loss being the sinking f the Greek freighter, Tzennychandris. recently transferred from American registry. Six of the crew were rescued and 23 are afloat in open boats or lifebelts oft' Cape Hatteras. Coastguard cutters are searching, but with little hope. Several fishermen’s boats in the North Atlantic made harbour with difficulty, but no loss of life. A yacht was abandoned wrecked off the New Jersey coast, but the passengers were rescued. Suburban areas of many cities, including New York, and virtually all seaside resorts, reported wrecking of cottages. Gale warnings are still hung out widely along the coast. The storm has not yet blown out.