ADRIFT ON THE DOGGER.

Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 22, 8 January 1907, Page 2

ADRIFT ON THE DOGGER.

GRIMSBY FISHERMEN'S TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE IN THE NORTH SEA. * Four members of the crew of the Grimsby smack Alice Gertrude reached home after a terrible experience on the Dogger Bank. They rowed for two miles in a small boat to haul cod lines in a dead calm, which made it imposs ble for the smack to follow them. While they were at work a sudden snow squall came on, and drove tho smack away from them. They followed, but failed to pick the smack up, and when night fell they lost their bearings. Heavy seas threatened to swamp the boat, in which were nearly 200 dead cod, but neither water nor provisions. Wet chilled to the bone, they had to row continuously in order to keep the boat’s head to the sea. At midnight they saw a, large steamer bearing down on them. They got out of the way, and shouted, but no one heard them, and as they"* had no flares they could not attract attention. The storm ceased with the dawn, and soon afterwards the German schooner Emma Louise hove in sight and saw them. They were so exhausted by their 20 hours of exposure that they were unable to get aboard without help, but dry clothes and hot coffee soon restored them. The schooner landed them at Burghead, on the Moray Firth, whence they telegraphed to their relatives, who had been keeping an almost hopeless vigil on the quay day and night for a week.