STEAMER STRIKES ROCK
RESCUE OF PASSENGERS TRINIDAD COAST WRECK (Received December 12, 7.15 p.m.) NEW YORK. Dec. 11 A message from Port of Spain, Trini3ad, states that after long hours adrift in tossing "lifeboats, 12 passengers of the 'wrecked 2400-ton Norwegian steamer Vestvangen arrived safely. They told a thrilling story of their rescue after the steamer yesterday struck ft hidden rock, which the captain said was unmarked on the charts of the Trinidad coast. For seven hours after the S.O.S. call vent out, they drifted in a heavy sea. .When the Vestvangen's sister-ship, the Austvangen, finally arrived, they had to row five miles to reach her, as the Austvangen feared to approach any closer.
Two holes were torn in the Vestvangen's bow. As she started to sink she turned toward the Mateto Point, seven miles away, and reached a point one mile off shore. The crew are still on the ship, which is in no immediate danger of breaking up, although the waves are battering the vessel severely.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21982, 13 December 1934, Page 13
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