MAN OVERBOARD
SAVED BY FINE SEAMANSHIP. (Press issoeiatior— By Talegispn-Oopyright ) GIBRALTAR, January 20. Fine seamanship saved Lieutenant Burges, whom a lingo wave washed off the destroyer H.M.S. Splendid. Lieu-tenant-commander Falls manoeuvred the vessel to where Lieut m int Burges was floating on the crest of a wave and hauled him on hoard as it dashed on to the ship's side. The cook, who also went overboard, was washed hack on the deck hy a succeeding wave.—A. and N.Z. Cable,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20004, 22 January 1927, Page 11
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79MAN OVERBOARD Otago Daily Times, Issue 20004, 22 January 1927, Page 11
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