DERELICT SAILING SHIP.
SAVING OF THE CREW. SEVEN MEN IN DIRE PERIL. Seven men in a perilous position on a derelict three-masted sailing ship 400 miles east of New York were rescued by the Canadian Government steamer Canadian Transporter on her recent voyage to Melbourne. The sailing ship was the Santa Rosa, and had been tossed about for several days in a gale. The cargo holds were flooded, and the living quarters were uninhabitable. The men were huddled together on the deck. Tho rudder had been disabled, and the position was hope loss. Distress signals had been hoisted and flares were fired at nights. The men said that a large steamer observed the derelict, but after standing by all night sailed off. They were greatly depressed until they we/e rescued by the Canadian Transporter. After the men had been rescued the derelict was set on fire. Tho rescued men wero landed at Panama. The Santa Rosa was a ship of 700 gross tonnage, and had .{i cargo of timber.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19831, 29 December 1927, Page 7
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169DERELICT SAILING SHIP. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19831, 29 December 1927, Page 7
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